Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-22
From ne tatmc,S' Req fcr.
MANURE AND CLOVER BY FIELDING
LEWIS or WYANoKE, Va.

LEWis or w Ya%oHE, VA.
PAbeScHi Nih,teS. bout 80 hoal Of cattle
are p' tnot counting the c.lees under year o'd)
go sheep, 10 or IL work horses or mules, 4 saddle
aud ;alriag &c horses, and many hogs as VIII fur
nsh about 5 ann ,ay 10 be slaughtered fr bacon.
From 2Go1 or 200 20 ID horse cart loads of manure
from the stables aad Iter,d pens, (wh some other
putlesccni matters usually made, besides the
land manfred bv naked COW pens IN summer The
whole spaced ntlur a ali cadv for the present corn
CROP amJunts TO 81 scres. The vegetable mate
iius used a, foud and litter 10 m Ike dis manure,
the straw ot the wheat crop, the stalks and the
better fora.e of the corn, tie clover t,om es much
as can be moved of In, ln,ed land Of one Fl d. aud
the coarse hay OF IL acres OF vet ma,shy me dow
Leaves rnkcd IN the wop IDS, are enough Valued 10
be caued (when leisure pcrnits) two and a half
mles, which is the distance from the woodland be-
longing 10 the arm. Five OF SIX acres Of turnlps
also male, which aid greatly TO the value of
The manure, as well as 10 the food of tie mich
COWS, oxen, &c. The winter pens for cattle are
made in the field to be manfred, which is always
the land intended for corn. Pte0ty OF Inter is fur
nishel and eady in January the rck,ng is COM
mcnced and continued from time. to- tnic as the
state of the weather and tie manure may require
The stable yard has long PIT Is inches deep, INTO
which the fresh manure is THROWN with the litter
cleared out OF die stables THIS general cleaning
out is not done except rainy days, or other lels
urc TIM s. When quite wei, tins manure is ca'ted
from the pit, TO al1 IN forming rick made just
without the COW pen. For this purpose, the par
Gels OF litter from the cattle and from the horses, are
Laid in alternate bads on each Other two feet of the
former 10 one foot ofhe latter The rcks are built
l6i feet wide, (hains the width of three corn beds)
feet HIGH (Which lessons 10 g. by settling and
tcrncntatIon) and of any length that IS convenient.
The materials are thrown on very lightly and the
building proceeds from one end of tie rick so that
each par, is soon fin sed, after It's foundation Is
laid This ricking is done whenever tho manure
Is wet enough wi,lIou, much regard to the time the
materials have been exposed TO tramplins. The
rlckS usually begin to ftrment in forty-ciSh hours,
and IN liteeh or twenty days may be ca'ted to the
field It's texture will be then considerably SOFT
cned, though the manure when used, cannot IN
general be SAID to DC as much as half ioued. PoIes
are l'laced IN different parts OF the rcks when they
made, and by pulling them out and feeling
them the heat of thu whole mass is known. By
-.us mode Of fcrmening, fire Tagging, (thc white
mouldy appearance 50 commonly on manufc,j Is
avoided, and the Whole rick makes GOOD manure
The COW pen litter when used alone tor manure
was always found very weak. Mr.. l.. thinks II
proper to heap and termcnt the manure, 50 US tt
break down the texture Of the litter but does
the toul want ofH.t
The times Of carting out the manure tom Tho
ricks do not depend so much on their age, laite
havinL been hcaped fifteen or twenty days) as
upon the state of the land When car,led out, th'
heaps are dropped at "a by 27l feet, spread an'
ploughed under very Carefully, and as soon as pos
siblc to a, old waste from exposure to the air. III
whole job had been completed but tcw days DC
fore the day ofmy visit (Aprll 18Th Inc ma
nurc now making in the stables and Uttered pens
will be used for turnips, after being iicked y
course the season, and the length OF time Wi
cause the fermentation 10 he more complete MI
L. does not approve of top dressing, though no dc
tua experiment had proved the loss incurred o)
IL Is surprising what different opinions are ho'' VIZ
regard TO the most aiyaliaseou, preririt"' an a.,
mical application .ard m tnirn l.'e" "'''"
small county OF Charles City, practices, inc n"t NJ
are found on the farms of several Intelligent ~,
of whom goo Tar ners, aud successful hptofcs;
practice 81 Mr. Lewis is described ab"'o va,
Mlhg', oI Sturgeon Point, leaves AL ms
on on the turn yard unt after harvest whc" " 80, m,
put iuto heaps aud covered with carh, W -
III used tue succeeding spring, on corn M. III,
81 Vesioser uses the whole OF has lirm s''u ,,m.,t
spring ~ Is made, for cora, without h'fs 80 ,he yard
Mr. mn CATER, of Shirley, leaves his manu- ,n,tc
tncky covered straw until August anu ,iIn,v d,
when II Is carried out and ploughcd ~ on an,ovcs o
wheat Mr Collier Miugc. uf w aiaut u'o'o ,a, ,T.r
ana praeuccs top dressing wheat 'o'e b. r,nnd i,
ences, though less striking than these may ,hks MI
almost every formers practice yet ed," WI, ha rr,a
own course the best oayo what al aAo ! such op
waste OF the enrclng principles OF ie man . ,,l fo
p"sc oplhions and practices, sho" nov anJ ,hut l.,
want Of free communications and d'rtu''1n nr, m II
ah interchange OF Upinions each ha'!"AS FN'''Ni
eStv !sss!Vo III dispaass .ns1ae!!sls'