The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-11-13
IUR SHIRLEY, CORNER or COURT AND FEDERAL STREETS.

walls to great extent. they are so attentive
% manure, that they preserve the locks oi
hair and psHGg OF their nails iOr that pur-
pose.
The various kinds of manure--the means Of
increasing and mode q using 4, demand Tie
care aud Isbour ol every man who intends u
thrive, or even live comfortably, by farming.
OF manure there are several sorts, but no one
is more useful than that from the barn yard !;
and none that requires greater care 10 pre-
serve its quality aud increase IL quantity. To
effect these purposes several things are neCes-
sary-the FIRST d, tbat Ut a suitable bamyard.
Though have ~ former number Incidental
y mentioned tbs subject, its importance for
bids my emitting it when treating OF TIE mode
OF making and preserving manure. Some
farmers have their barn yards the highest -
The middle, which necessarily exposes their
manure to be exhsled by 'he sun AND washed
away by The rain. The reverse Ut this ought
to be The case. The middle Of the yard
should he The lowest, and an excavation should
0e made 50 a. 10 form a gradual descent from
every part OF The yard to the centre, 10 col
Iect and save tie stale, the tuppings Of the
yard and The rain that tails INTO Il. Ii the
earth IN the cavity is not 20 close and bard as
ID retain liquor, 1t shOulG DC made So with
clay. Il So mach moisture remaIns ia the
centre as to prevent the dung, the straw, corn
stalks, weeds and oiber things thrown INTO Il,
Ifom termentiDg AM becoming putIesCent,
channCI should Ue occasionally opened 10 dram
suPeriluo1s liquid TO impregnale bed formed
Oi mould Or mud taken from bogs and low
land aHd deposited 10 a proper pace 10 re-
ceive IL. BY this means you wall make All
additional quantity Of manure, and that Of an
excellent quality. More eAectualiy to pre-
serve line dung from extaIaiIon, and too great
a quantity Of rain falling Oh IL, there should be
one shed across each end Of the yard. These
buildings may be made and kept IN repair
with little expense, and save not only The ma
uure, butprOtect the cattle from the heat Of The
summer and The cold and wet ot autumn, an
afford Convenient shelter to the dairy wo-
man. Such yard pEuJenlly aud Carefully
managed viii increase The manure e the rate
OF my per cent. The necessary expense u
small, but Tie profit great.
The manuTes ~ the baGn yard, consisting
principally OF dung from different animals, are
50 different ID ineir nature, that the mixing
them together very much improves Tie quail !
~ and usefulness OF the whole. 4 Dung" /
says the Encyclopedia, Z" Of animals That chevy
lneir Cud, being more thoroughly purified
than irat ii oihcs., y ii q u" mixed with the
son without needing 10 be collected inlo a
duughIll. A hose does not chew the cad "A
and 70 horse dung nay be perceived straw or
rye grass biOken into small parts, but not dis. I
solved II Is proper therefore that the pu-
treiaciOn be completed 10 the dunghii IL
ought 70 be mixed then with cool materials /
50 not It Is 10 dunghiI by Itself, il singes and |
burns instead oi purifying. The difference ]
between the dung OF horse and that 81 a
horned animal, = visible in a pasture field /; \
the grass round Tie former IS wllbered round \
the lattel II IS tanker and more yerdant than Z
10 The rest Of the field. mixture OF dry and .
moist stuff ought 10 be studied Inc former at \
tracing moisture from the latter, they become
equally moist"
"Horse dung" says The Massachusetts AZ 7
rcutural Repository, :" is usually thrown out
10 heaps by the side Of the stables Ii is little |
spread 10 such heaps il soon ferments and !
heats 10 an excess. The centre OF the heap
IS burned or charcd 10 dry white substance
ProylncIally called fire fanged. During this
state, i loses from fifty to seventy five per
cent. q is value. Against this waste the dill |
I6ent and attentive farmer should guard The
remedy Is easy and not expensive. 1t IS only
not allowing Ihls dung to accumulate, and Of
removing 4 from the stable door, and spread |
ing Il about the yard wnere The store cattle
are kept. This can be done at spare time,
occasionally, IN job work"
CINClNNATUS. |