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

ever may 90 10 the increase of their |
manure heap. ~ &c.,. '.r. -.
It is in this matter our farmers fail, |
perhaps more than in anything else con- !
nected with our agriculture; and this is
failure most essentially affecting their
interests If we would ever have an i'm.
proved agriculture, a revolution In our
habits must take place here; and when
this is effected, and all the manure is pro-
yided and prepared, which we can provide
and prepare. we have accomplished COM
paralively half the work. The getting of
manure on farm must be as much mat
ter Of study, care, and labor as the getting
Of crops from that farm.
We are of opinion that on every con-
siderable farm there should be a man
employed with a can and horse or yoke
Of oxen, whose sole and exclusive bust
ness it should be, excepting in some eI-
traordinary emergency, to collect the ma
terials for manure; and to put them In
the way Of being manufactured. 1t is not
enough for the farmer to say he will do
this at his leisure; this shall be the bust
ness of odd times; he will attend 10 this
when nothing else presses upon him. 1t
must be a specific, constant. principal OBJ
ject Of study and labor. Remember again
that every vegetable substance, and every
animal substance is capable Of being con-
verted into a manure.
Now we will look out Of the window
where we are sitting and see what in a
hasty glance comes within our sight,
which ought to be saved. There is the
garden with an abundance of weeds and
decayed vegetables; collect all them and
let them 60 Into the hogs pen or the barn
cellar. There is the pasture, where bram-
bic bushes, sweet fern, Canada thist!es,
alder bushes, brakes, &C. abound. Gather
them and you will at the same time clean
your pastures There is the road lined
for miles with all sorts Of weeds and
coarse grasses; get them. There is many
mud hole, which receives the washings
of the streets, and where great deal Of
! valuable and rich manure has been co..
lected: empty that. There is a large
shade tree, where the cattle daily collect;
and where their dro2pings are accumu
lated; collect these and put them into the
common heap. There is many rich
spot by the side of the roads. which with
out any prejudice 10 your neighbor or the
public you can plough up; take off the
mould, and carry that likewise into your
manure yard There is the refuse of the
shoe shop, scraps Of leather, &C., collect
them and lay them on your land TO BE-
Plou2hed in. There is clay pit; occa-
sional!y get a load or TWO OF that and
throw into your barn yard. 1t will great
" improve the composition. Then you
have wood or grove at hand; collect the
littering Your cattle stalls and your styes.
But you have bog meadow; here then
is an abundant supply Of the IN 'terlalS for
enrching your fields. ColIecrthis mud ;
it is full OF the most enrichlng substances.
They NAV be spread with great advan-
tage upon your grass lands; but they are
still better placed upon pour compost
, heap.
We have seen an excellent arrange
, ment on the part OF two or three fIrmers
: for saving manure, and especially the
! liquid portions. They daily spread the
Y back part of their COW stables with mould
: or sand, of which both in winter and sum
n mer they keep a sufficient supply at hanC
e under cover; and using this without GOV
e ering, or covering it with litter, a grea
5 amount Of the most valuable manure j;
= saved
n We have thrown out these hints, no
IS thinking to treat the subject fully, or phi
10 losophically, but rather with a view t.
n put other minds 10 considering what car
e, and ought 10 be done. In new countries
l. where the accumuations of vegetable
r matter have been gathering for centuries
,e and have remained on the surface I'm
d touched, there is no occasion at presen
st for the use of any manures. The soil j
I'll already full and needs rather to be ex
I'd hausted than replenished. But it is nc
IS, so with our old soils. We cannot &c
" along without manure. The GENE, tn
- vegetable pabulum, must be supplied
be We have, as DR.. Dana says, the plate:
tn but they require to be filled. We migt
Is sit down TO a table covered with the rich
&c est porcelain or FURNISHED and embosse
We gold; but if the dishes are empty, W
p should starve as certainly at such tabI
IN as at a naked board. DR.. Dana is like
ne wise of an opinion, in which Professc
We Hitchcock concurs that the earthly cor
ms stituents Of the soil are matters OF coli
sc paratively little moment provided alway
We of course that they exist in commixtur
lrt and are sufficiently retentive of moisture
", That is, to recur to the former ILLUSTRATION
'e- il is Of little or no comparative impo
'r- lance what the plates are made OF, {
ed whether the table at which we sit dow
nd be plain deal, oaken, or mahogany; Ii
\ main point is the food, which is place