The Delawarean, and farmers' and mechanics' advertiser. (Wilmington, Del.) 183?-18??, 1836-12-17
AGmg@yg rYmAga
LEAVES FoRMANuRE.


formed by their decomposition for ina
nure and litter for cattle. A cores
pondent of the 3IH Agricultural So
ciety, in England, warmly recon-
mends a species.3f manure, especially
for potatoes, wiiti is very easily pro-
cured by many u ourculiivotors. and
we think deserves more attention and
more frequegsuse than il has gene
rally received 1t sthc employment
of fallen lcsyea, and the mould which
is formed By their decay, taken from
Woodlands. This, the writer OBJ
serves, he has found an excellcnt sub
stituie for 6ther manure; and that the
potatoes nised from the application
ofrouen leaves were more dry, nealy,
and of 4 better favor than those
which hid been manfred by other
substances.
In the New England Farmer, vol.
vi. p. 1902, in a valuable communion
ton on this subject from a very res
peciable practical farmer, who dated
Weston, Mass. with the signature J.
NJ. G. He stated in substa; ce, that
the comfort of cattle would be insured
by a supply of leaves for liter. The
fallen leaves lnakes a warm nest for
hogs, which viii mufh assist intheir
iattening. gps gathering of leaves,
where WOODLAND is near, is much at
tended to in the nesl cultivated parts
Of Europe. The Swiss who have to
support a thick population on rough
and rocky soil, gather leaves where
ever they are tobe found, ia their APP
pie orchards, bykhe road side, and in
their small CITED the privilege ofrak-
ing up tile leaves from the side walks
is paid for by tie farmers, In Elan
ders they galheagreat stocks ofthem
and their baautlhl cattle and horses
have the beneit of most abundant
litter.
The gathering of leaves may be
greatly accelerasd by suitable man
agement; a car with ladders fore and
aft, and long slas of boards to go from
ladder 10 ladderto secure the heaps
sheet oftow cloth two yards square
should then be hid on the ground.
and the snail heaps be rnked into it !;
when fill NANTES the corners Of
the sheet, md hands it TO boy who
keeps on the cat and receives it; he
unties the bundle aud lei the contents
go, and keeps trdading all the while
Ia this way load is soon obtained
and to the above tackling some little
brush may be added to the sides ofthe
load to build ii up, and hold on the
leaves. | have triedto use baskets TO
load on the leaves, but have found the
above Sheet 10 work easier and quick
er, aud in order 10 make il more dura-
bio, l have iradss77ys- small rope sowed
round The edl.e Il, and let out about
eighteen inches al the corners, which
makes ii more easy to tie, and Sc
cures the sheet from getting torn.-.
such a sheet Will cost about one
dollar.
In the use Of leaves the hogs ex-
Gel, for whether rs a litter in the COW,
cred part of ther stye, or whether
lhrown'in moderle quantities intheir
yard, when mir, they soon work
them and secure,hem from the pow
er of the wind wiivn used for litter
ing cattle, it is absolutely neediul To
work them with die dung, urine and
leaves should be kell worked and
chopped together wi h The shovel be.
fore they are throl n out upon the
heap; if it is not 3 done, the wind
viii surely take holi, and disappoint
ment and disgust tnsue when so
mixed, taey will som dissolve in the
ground, and seldom any trace ofthem
can be seen in the .all waen potatoes |
are dug" N
The same ingeh lous and scientific
obsrryesps iunoWs:
" | have fixed hly slyes in such
manner as to havela small loft over
lheln Tor leaves, VIVA openings at the
sides to draw out lle leaves with a
rake, and supply III hogs occasion
ally with fresh litlL-I have also
enclosed part of ahei in the barn.
yard 10 store up a Quantity of leaves
70 litter my cattle through the winter
The advantage is MOI confiued to The
mere addition of tAe leaves to the
duns-aill it furnishes the means of
preventing the vast o. the urine of
he cattle, and renders them more
A writer in the New England Far.
lier, vol. ri. p. 322, is Of opinion that
ewes for manure should not be used
90 prolusely. He thinks thew should
,e used together with straw and re-
use hay in the proportion of about
me to four. And it may be the case
hat the tannin principle, and yegeta.
lie acids in leaves, wien employed in
wo great quantities may prove ipiu.
Ious in some soils and for some cro1s
'urlher experiments on the subject
re desirable. Perhaps liula quick
lme scattered over the leaves at the
lme of their mixture with dung. or
'her manures, would nputralize and !
Ieslroy such acids as might otherwise
rove Injurious. $