Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17
BONE MANURE.

CCSS!OH 10 4 COuSiGeTaoic )o.''"'' W '
farming cornsllul;ity, by the erection OF oo"'
mills II Alhar7, Waterford, New 1orN'
Boston, and o:Aer places-and IS hAciy 10
come mo more extensive use, as is F&i"c IS
he,,cr appreciated propose TO give
some accoun, OF lis fert zing properiits' OF
the soils aid crops which 1t Is calculated
mos, 10 lcncGc, of its mode Of apPicaAon,
he quaniI;y applied 10. the acre, &C. In
,!,jng this, VIC stali draw our facts pr!nc'.
paRy from tie report Of the committee Of
hla DoncaSter Agricultural! Assoc;ation, d
saciesywhich has rendered emirent service
20 ihr agricultural community, in d!ff'rrr,
tIeparsnea.s ,fhusbandgy, by its invest ga
tons and reports.
With a'vic~ OF collecting facts 20 form
.,le basis Of their report, tho committee ad-
dressed scvc0tce: queries 20 the mos 'Ai"-
ignnt farmers of the counrv, embracing
men o. science and asking answers to III"
.n'erros,tores in regard to this maaure.-
Forty niue answers were returned. From
,ncse tie committee made out to"r repor
and il is the substance Of his report VIC arc
about 10 give.
Bone manure lad be-: used, BY those 10
whom tie queries were addressed, Tor an
average period 0? twenty years. "Cur cor
spoudcuis," SAYS the report, ""'th Only
two exceptions, all concur IN s'ating |. TO be
highly valuable manure, and On light dry
soils superior to larm-yard dung aud all
Other manures." In copying the !aA5uHge
of one of,hcm in relation 10 dry sandy soils,
we express the opinions repeated in tie far
greater nunbcr. 81 consider bone llIaSc
one of the mos: useful manurcS which have
ever been discovered for the farmers b"ne.
f.. The !rghne Of carriage, lis suitable
ness Cor the drill, and lis gcucial tcr;;i1:iEc
properties, render i, peculiarly va uadle ii
those parts where distance from towns :'n-
clars !, impossible 20 procure manure of
hen yicr and more bulky description. The
use of the bones dimnishes labor at Il sea.
son ofthc wear TOO when tine is Of the first
importance for one wagon load ola hun
drcd and twenty bushels Of small drill bones.
is equal to forty OF fifty cart loads Of field
manure"
Upon very thin sand iand,S say the
committee, SITS value is not 10 lie cs,ima.
ted !; it is not only found to benefit the par
ticular cro,, 10 which il is applied. bu eN-
tends through tie whole cou>c Of crops, and
even il! the succeeding course, It's effects
arc v:si .ie in the improved QuaI'y OF the
land. and tie efficiency ola smaller quaint.
~ than would have fitsl ensured CROP
Numerous facts are here cited in proof Of
this declaration OF the committee. Where,
for instance, in a district of many thousand
aces turn:ps would produce oniy tops, and
those very small, the use Of bones aone has
increased the urnip crop in some cases ten,
and in few cases less than five fold; aud all
,,c succeeding crops Of grain and grass
wofe amaz ngiy INCREASED. !
Ga light loans the bones were found
preferable to yard dung-provided they arc
dry--lor The bones DO uot seem 10 benefit
ii. all upon wet soils.
On heavy loans aud claws the expert
men,s were unfavorabc; and tie Commit
lee infer, that clay soils are IN general 100
mos, % receive any considerable benefit
from tone manure.
Upon pea, soils, thoroughly drained, the
advantages Of bone manure were very SILK
ing. Fifteen to twenty bushels per acre
were iourdto surpuss, very tar, the ordinary
dressing of farm yard dung, and even lime
and pigeons dung.
Upon graveIs, the opinions Of efficacy
are con!redic .ory. Upon VT ones it will
rot Succeed.
AS to is dur,biltg. Three acres were
bone with one hundred and tiliv bushels
per acre by mistake. Four,ern years after,
the land had not forgotten IT, but was nearly !
halt as good agalu as the other par, iarmeI
pre- 'se!y in the sam. W y, Wi hne eycep-
10" Of the one dr., s>Ing ot bou s.
To the qu 5 ION, do YOU continue o Use
ben's! mol one n t.e forty Line r,:urnri
an answer IN the n.'grlve. Tne'r Use was
a III. INCREASING.
Upon Jrr>>, Il ~ f0r meadow or p SUR
th''lr EFF a. MS t v"rAbiy, III" herb, c be.
ing Improve L. qr'i> aud qurnny. SIX
#I-...' i ) ."r >pr.ad upon r.ent..
':...- r, III, "r dry sandy
... @..' .:- r. i'r' down zen wears.
--..s. .-... , 81 c lou !c ne butter,
:. -. .. '.., . ..>.I..,. upon 1t, to those
.--. ,;.s.. ..,e p,,ure not ben d.
> .u.rs s...:,. ion of bone dust in
.. ...f - {, ,,.r :.:rnp crop, one OF the
.. s.: or 81: u Brts. husbanlry; and
... ovs - 10 =. n.sl mode of apply
g.. , ,i.",nrr III drills or broadcas are va
.. 5 ,tong. the former opinion rather pre-
>:tS.
Aa:o tie ST. OF the bones. tie opinion is
ri !.,,oe oi t.aif :uch bones. Mr.. Burk s;atcs
i, sere to I'll, for early prof, | would
use o4es powder i as small as saw.dust :
- ,M-...-.h =, l...nr IN, Ind IN rnnl h;.nri