Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-01

A carts ana utensils as soon as etupucu
ought TO be thoroughly washed with
chloride of lime. The expense would be
triAing. There is lutte doubt however
that we shall soon have the French meth
cd Of preparing the article Introduced
among Us; mode by which the crude
substance, by the application Of a prepared
material 10 be found everywhere in abun-
dance, and at small expense, and which,
when applied constitutes about an eighth
part of the composition and is in itself a
valuable n anure, becomes disinfected of
all bad odor, and brought into such dry
and friable condition that it may be pack
ed in barrels, and transported any distance;
and used upon the land without incon-
venience or offence. As yet no provision
has been made for saving the liquid por-
tions of this manure; but we know some
individual cases in which this is saved
with the greatest care, and to great advan-
tage. In this instance considerable pile
Of mould is collected under cover in a
suitable place; and all the liquid from the
house is daily and carefully poured upon
It. The heap becomes thus thoroughly
impregnated with its fertilizing qualities
and forms valuable manure for any pur-
pose. We make no apology for treating
so homely a subject in the plainest man
ner.- Evil be to him who evil thinks"
We have seen a good deal of false mod
esty and fastidious afectation of delica-
cy in people, who, feeling that they are
made of porcelain clay and not of
common dirt, are very apt to be offended
at the very word manure; but who in
general are much like the sensitive and
modest lady mentioned by Addison who
swooned at meeting man on a staircase,
and poor thing was put to bed in three
months afterwards. We consider every
subject important which essentially con-
Germs health, and comfort, and wealth
and so far from beng offended in treating
ofIhem, the spirit of true philosophy and
piety will lead US to adore the wonderful
and benefcent Transformations, which are
constantly going on around US.
The next great source of dependence OF
the farmer for manure should be his hog
pen. Every careful farmer, if he will
take pains to get the best breeds of swine
can afford to keep swine for the manure
they will make. 1t is general impress
ion among farmers that pork can be fatted
10 advantage when its price in the market
lis as many cents as :here are tens of cents
in the price Of corn; as for example when
corn is fifty cents you can afford TO ia
pork at five cents pound; when corn j:
dollar or ten times ten cents, ten cents
pound for pork will be a saving price,
We believe that this rule is rather matter
Of guess work than the result of any
careful and exact experiments. MankinC
are fond Of, generalizing; and of leapin!
at conclusions without any careful weigh
ing of premises; and almost any proven
or short rule in matters which are il
Stheir nature indefinite, will gain currency
if to the semblance of truth you will oul,
add a certain quaintness of expression
In times Of lawful money, and befor
dollars and cents came into fashion, tn
rule used to be, that pork must bring q
many pence per ID. as there were shill
ings in the price of a bushel Of corn
This shows that this rule cannot be relic
on with very great confidence. Our ow
experience has satisfied US after variou
careful trials that Indian corn is wort
seventy cents bushelt 10 give to fattenin
swine, when pork will bring six cents pc
: ID. in the market. But then we are nc
willing to give this as any certain ruiz
= We only say that in cases, where we hav
kept an exact account this has been tn
e result, and we usually calculate upon il
N but then II is obvious how much the resu
1T may be affected by circumstances; by tn
Ie breed Of swine; by the age and conditio
e Of the subjects when put up; by the pre-
e paratlon OF the food; by the mode of al
a tendance; by the season of the year, an
= the temperature Of the stye; by the nun
IN Der in the family which YOU feed, an
g their good temper and good manners I
Is each other and variety of other Gil
Is cumstances. But we refer to this matte
e merely TO say that with good manage
3 ment there IS little risk Of loss 10 til
p farmer in keeping swine; there is often
Is considerable gain |; but even if there wer
y loss from the pork, there may be grea
le profit from the manure. Hog manure
r'i IN itself Of the richest qualify; swine ar
Z excellent fellows 10 work in a -compos
Is hemp, and if you will not, like the Egyp
! tan despoL compel them TO make brick
> without straw; but will give them al
n ample supply Of the raw material, the
will be sure TO turn you out an abundanc
q Of the manufactured article of the yer,
d best quality. ~ rs@ar@ > - .<-.,
7 Now hogs to do,this must be properl,
= accommodated, in spacious and we'll pre-
g pared compartments by themselves; an,
/ not suffered to run at large in the high
0 way like many Of your cosmopolites il
y the city, nor as we actually saw one
!. few days ago, brought into the parlor t