Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-12
From tic Farmers Cabinet.
Hhat is hte greatest q9""fiiy of manure 10
he obinincd from gircR means!

That is The greatest qr""fiiy of manure 10
be ob'"t"ed from giren means!
commenced la>r summer bv colecrin.
into the outer part of my hog pen. every
lining nf thr weed kind could find about
The place. I'LL harI layer about twelve
niches deep, which covered with layer
Of earth abour five inches thick. continuing
the process till the pcn was filled to ahoul
two and half feet deep. In the fall |
Uttered my loose corn. cuhs aud The princi-
pal part Of The huckwhrat straw into the
pen, ,interspersed with layers of earth in
the same manner. The two stalls of my
stables served also the same, taking care
10 save therein all the chatT aud refuse
straw after Ihrashine, In these stalls
poured week. y. through the fall and win
ter, (fur had no cattle in them except in
bad slornI>, the soapsuds and such purrrs-
cent fluids that mi ighl be Obtained. keeping
the corners and outsidcs, aud under the
managers carefully saturated.
As soon as my corn was gathered in
tho fall, | cut the stubs close 10 !hc ground.
aud wheeled them Immediately. mhic vei
hcary, into the barn-yard, where packed
Them in every parl of it, also under The
she'd, being an area of ground about forty
feet by twenty, aud in IA few days covered
them also with layer of earth, from a
fencc-row, close hy, to The depth of about
eight or ten inches. Upon this Garth fud-
dered my three calrle during the wiulcr.
occasionally deposting more earth upon
The litter as il collected there.
ourreaders will readily judge, that the
object of all this preparation was not so
much for the sake of saving the materials
collected there as to obtain n mensiruulii.
or rather sponge, if may so call it, caIru.
lated 10 absorb and retain all The urine de-
posted in The yard during The winter
The compost masses. however, or layers,
thus collected trsclher, arc nor 10 becon-
snlercd us manure prepared for The soil,
but only as materials that require Ia b..
thoroughly mred, in order 10 reduce them
to stale fitted for rapid and complete
incorporation with the soil. Accordingly,
with this view, commenced larc inApril,
the operation Of Turning it, which. fom its
having become closely packed to The depth
of twenty inches, with the stalks at Ihc
bottom, could onlv he done with the aid of
grubhiug hne, turning il in strips about 4
foot wide, reaching across The yard, and
throwing the lonscncd manure back. u
sufficient space to allow Il trench between,
wide euoug h % work in. Afte er.removing
the whole cover from The stalks along ii
strip, as before mentioned, they were east
Iy grubblpd up, by first cutting them
through aIl along The solid edge of The strip,
with the hoe, it being made pretty sharp
for the purpose. In addition 20 This pile
of yard manure, have also c,nptIed the
contents of my hog pen and stables, en-
tending he pile several feet, and lying
upon The ground, when first loOScncd. more
than two aud Il half feet deep. or this
manure have used sixteen loads this
spring, for 'ruck and garden. anil, Judging
from the size of The pile vet. remaining,
there caunor he less than sixty loads, which.
pring turned once more, intend 10 Use
for wheat next fall.
In this manner, from only three head of
cattle, aud the fallcninS of four hogs,
have made from seventy to eighty two
horse loads of manure, the highly fcrlil-
zing properties of which are abunlanIy
artesIcd hy my own former experience. |
will not say thai il is stronger than the
barn yard manure, bur fr:,m its closer
affinity TO the nature Of the soil, and great
rr facility for being rapidly combined and
Incorporated, without loss by evaporation.
| have no dnnht it will be frequently found,
upon trial. more effective and more du-
rablc.