The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1828-12-06
AGRICULTURAL.
From the New England Farmer.
ON LEAVES FOR MANURE.

ner AGAIN TO make ready Tor gathering his supply OF
leaves the comfort of his cattle requires it and
clean abundant litter TO make warm nests for his hogs
will assist much to their iatening These advantages
would pay for the trouble OF getting in leaves but
@hen their value as manure is well considered, il
seems that no one would overlook way so easy to
benefit himself That leaves manure the land is not
a new doctrine; il is as old as the world. Their
yearly fall, and the occasional fall OF timber, are the
ancient ordinance, by which the happy soil which we
tl, was prepared for cultivation whether lis prini-
tive sweetness and yrgnity has been impaired by in
udclous husbandry and are to be reclaimed, whet-
er the owner wishes 10 preserve IT entire the
are the same; steady industry TO provide manure,
IN such proportion. always to exceed somewhat the
mere requirements of the crops.
vi these means, the gathering of leaves where
woodland Is near Is the easiest and the prota-
ble it is much attended to in the most cultivated
parts OF Europe The Swiss. who have to support a
thick population upon rough and rocky soil, gather
leaves wherever they TO be found, in their apple
and chesnut orchards, by the road se and in their
small cities, the privilege Of raking up the leaves from
INC pubc walks Is PAID for by the farmers. In Han
ders they gather great stocks Of them and their beau
htul cattle and horses have the benefit Of most album
dant litter.
am urged again Mr. Editor, to these remarks, by
the benefits winch have received from the practice
hdNc eHueiloNeu every season To Get IN more than
before, and hope soon, if the weather proves fayor-
BILE, to secure greater stock of them than ever have
yet. Well mixed with cattle dung, they are the most
assured means of raising good crop of potatoes of
superior flavor and excellence.
The gathering Of leaves NAV be greatly accecra-
ted by suitable arrangements; cart with ladders fore
and aft and long stats of boards to 90 from ladder TO
ladder TO secure the sides and stakes, is the best a.
tapted carriage The leaves should be raked in small
heaps sheet Of tow cloth two yards square should
then be laid on the gronnd and the small heaps be ra
ked INTO IT when full, ties the corners of the
sheet and hands it TO boy, who keeps on the cart
and receives he unties the bundle and lets the CON
tents CO. and keeps treadng all the while In this
way load is soon ohtaned and to the above tack |
ling some little brush may he added to the sides of the
load to build it up, and hold on the leaves | have
tried to use baskets to load the leaves but have found
the above sheet to work easier and quicker, and in
order TO make il more durable, have had small rope
sowed round the edge of it, and let out about eighteen
inches at the corners, which makes it easier to tie
and secures the sheet from getting torn Such sheet
will cost about one dollar.
In the use of leaves the hogs excel for whether MS
litter IN the covered parts of their stve or whether
hrown IN moderate quantities in their yard, when mi
rV they soon work them, and secure them from the
loWer OF the wind when used for littering cattle.
: absolutely needful to work them with their DUNG ,
men me floor Is cleared in the morning. the dung
lrne and leaves should be well worked and chopped
ogether with the shovel before they are thrown out
IN the Leap If is not done, the wind will surely
axe mold, and disappointment and disgust ensue.- :.
hen 50 mixed, they will dissolve in the ground n
nd seldom any trace of them he seen in the fall Union