Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-05-18

sufhclent 10 give foil supply Of manure
once IN every course OF the four year sys-
TEN OF husbandry. Arthur Young, with
six horses, four cows. nine hogs. aud suit.
able litter. made 1l8 loads of dung, SO
bushels each, 10 winter. Cattle fed with
turn,ps are computed to make double the
manure that those do which are fed on dry
fodder alone; and an acre of turnlps, with
All adequate quantity Of straw, has produ-
ced sixteen cart loads Of dung. 1t will be
readily perceived, that by this mode Of
management, ample means are provided
Tor keeping up the fertility Of the soil,
when put under four shift system of hus
bandry.
What now is the common quantity of
manure under the old system? Taking
our state, or gu! country a, large, We arc
confident the average quantity which is
ludcously applied, will not amount to one
load an acre. and we are doubtful if it will
amount TO half load. Can it be won
dered, then, that under such reckless man
ngemcnt, OF returning to the SOIL only
quarter, or an eighth. of what we take
from it, OF the food Of plants, that our
lands should continue to grow poor, Till
they no longer yield reward 10 culture !?
The cultivated lands in this state are csti-
mated at eight millions Of acres On the
supposion hat one half of them is appro.
prIated TO tlIagc and meadow-and this is
low estimate we might produce and
apply annually, under the new system of
husbandry-and we ought to do so--sixleen
millions tons of manure, worth to the
country, at low computation, sixteen
millions Of dollars ;--whereas, we now
mr. he. ,,ll -,
not more than four millions Of TONS there
by suffering an annual loss, Independent, Of
the certain and consan, diminu,on in the
product and value Of our lands, Of twelve
millions Of dollars in the single item Of
manures This is not visionary specu-
Ialon--lt is sober truth--and we ask any
intelligent man, to show, from facts, less
unfavorable conclusion
We will merely remark ncrc, in regard
to the application of manurcs, that if used
in an unfermented state, they should be
buried with the plough, and applied 10 a
h2ed or autumn ripenirg crop; il used in
a tol.ed state, they may be blended with
the surface, and applied TO summer.
ripening crop. We will give our reasons
for this practice. Manure fcrlllIzcs in two
ways--by the gaseous matters which are
evolved in fern e2alon, and which rise !;
and by liquid matters, which sink If used
before it has parted with lis gases, manure
should be buried, that the incumbent soil
may imbbe these fert ilzIng elements II
The manure has been ro,led. it has parted
with its gaseous matters, and all It's re-
naming ferilllzlng properties are liable to
be carried down by the rains hence this
may be deposited near the surface. Again.
fresh manures, even in a liquid forms
induce a rank growth of heritage; but they
do not produce good plump seed. Hence II
applied to common small grains. they cause
n great growth of straw at the expense OF
the grain: Fermentation being most rapid
at midsummer, when the seed. and not the
straw, requires the food. But the autumn
| ripenng crops, as corn. &C., are IN that
slate, at midsummer, which requires strong
food TO perfect their stalks and leaves
and the fermentation Of the manure has
subsidized before he grGin natures IN au-
rumn. Fossil manures, as lime, mari
gypsum, are applied upon the surlncc, OF
buried supcrsl ticlaIy, because their dispo'
sitIon is to settle down, and they give OF
no gaseous food.
individuals, it is true, are but units--ye'
the aggregation of units make millions
and he aggregation of individuals consil.
tu,es na,,ons. We should alacl as thougi
individual example had an imposing nhu
ence upon the whole. In the matter wheel
we have just discussed, every farmer may
be assured, that by adopting our sngges
,ions, he will unquesionably promote hi
own interest, and by his example, bench
society.
*Col lie Cour,cur-- (see Farmers Magazine)-
tried stable manure, and liquid manure. the la'ie
diluted, upon his wheat The grain filtered much
or gave great growth of straw and grass /; bu
the product in grain was diminished. When til
liquid manure was applied second time, by bein
poured upon the growing wheat, the straw wa
very rank the plants produced only few ears
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