Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-25
AGRICULTURGL.


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We spoke IN our last Communication of
be construction Of a receptacle for ma
npre--a place Of general deposit for every
substance, which might 60 to increase the
compost heap. The next inquiry IS, where
shall we obtain the means Of forming this
heap, from what sources shall collections
banade; what shall We th:ow into it or
.ppou,it2s. Er .-.g-s..- IA,
livery erganlzed body. which is capable
Of being dissolved and reduced 10 its ORR
rinal. elegDenls, is by such solution con-
: Trried, into manure. There is ip nature
an uninterrupted circle Of life and death,
Of production, solution, and reproduction.
The process is going on perpetualy; it
has rone, 90 ever siuce the creation; and,
forauqht we can see, must continue TO 60
on as Iong as the present system Of nature
shnlI endure Animals and vegetables
ars susnined by the solunop and decay Of
other animals and vegetables; and the
farmer, having accomplished their term,
90 10 the support Of another class; and
- on in an endless succession, 70 be lin
lied only al the pleasure Of the Creator.
The vegetable or animal having passed
into state, Of decay sthen prepared 10
betaken up as food by other animals and
vegetables: and tits humoronsly observed
By come one, yet with hardly more humor
than truth. that man with extreme mean
meas seeks 10 withhold his proper contri-
busions from this general reciprocity o.
usefulness ;rand though more than any
other animal, he avails himself of the
means Of others, making every. part o
n1iure tributary, 70 his wants, selecting hi
food with peculiar fastidiousness, wher'
he will, and as he will. be then carefully
and lneanly, provides that his ownAbody
though sustained always by the labors ant
contributions OF others. should after b,
has done with il be buried SO deeply il
ihe earth, that It's materials cannot b
srailed Of for any further purposes o
utility. a,4 asaE- ,.'-s
Every vegetable and animal subsianc
Of every kind is convertible into the loo
ofsplants; and ahefeiore in Q state Of solu
.tion or decay Is % be considered rs ma
mare. y There ~ another class Of manure:
which are called mineral manuTes, som
horizons of which are essential in vegeta
ZION. frstas promoting the solution an
communication Of vegetable and animal sui
1,ance 90 e 20 prepare Il 10 be consume
hv plan,s: and further to assist 10 de
rree IN the forma.ion OF the segctabl
srructure a. line is necessary to form tn
rhell .ol an eag. but OF these we shal
speak a anolhev time Thsfood Of plants
receivable into a simple substance by som
denominaied vegetable extract, by other
,rsiaes and this is found IN all yegetabl
snd. animal. subsiances; but i can be ex
.rarlcd and faken up BY the living plant
onlEnwhen the. animals or plants fror
ish,ck Il IL laken are IN, a state Of soluiio
~ decay Different. vegetable and anima
,ohu,ancss wifhpnt doubt Furnish this ves
.t.bls pabulum or food in different degree
nd an various combinations; and differ
ent ixe6eiables require il in different meal
mes and forms. These arematters as v,
ySrv DaftialDS ascertaihed; and how "a
shSbumsn Iine can reach 10 sounding thi
nrofounl depth cannot be conlectured.-
Thev are matters Of scientific inquiry an
nhilSsophisaT Investigation; and treasure
~ wisdom are IN the course Of bern
developed BY the persevering iabors /
harmed ihqiirers. But we leave the
e1fof the question as We. write only K
1lain faemers. whose experience and II
90 rent obssrvalibn will "a ihs ma
a,rset them right, and save them from an
rteat mIsakes. TO them then the sinp
rules 10 Be, given in the case are, sa,
.v.rv,hinc; waste nothing; and carr
soasian.ly 70 the heap, everything with
v.sar reach, which has answered. its en-
al which Il capable Of being eonveris
mo manute =
Having prepared yoor place Of depos
,ve said. IN a saucer shape, aud 4
E,med the bottom that the fluids will