Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-27

Ci the putTeSCeIt CUdTdC'er tuhl ihiSIt uo
deposited there. By such means have
gone on, every year increasing the quantity
of my manure, to an extent tnat believe
as;onishcd most of MY neighbours. Ihe
following is u sketch of the means posses
scd, and the methods | took 10 obtain man.
ure for the present year.
commenced las; summer by collecting
into the outer part OF my hog pen every th'rg
of the weed kind could ind about The place,
till had layer about twelve inches deep,
which covered with layer Of earth abou,
five inches tn ok. continuing the process I'LL
the pen was filled 10 about two and halt
feet deep. In the fall Uttered my loose
corn cobs and th+ principal part OF the
buckwheat straw into tho pen, interspersed
with layers of earth in the same manner
The two stalls of my stable served also The
same. taking care TO save therein all the
chaff and refuse s'ruw afer thrasa'ng. ln
these stalls | poured weekly, through the fall
and winter, (for had no cattle 10 them ex.
cept in bad storms) the soap-suds and such
puircscent fluids that might be Obtained,
keeping the corners aud outsldes, and under
the managers carefully saturated.
As soon as my corn was gathered in the
fail, ! cut the Subs close TO the ground, and
waeeled hem immedia ely, while ye, heavy,
INTO The barn yard, where | packed them in
every part Of it, and also under the shed,
Ding all area Of ground about forty feet by
twenty, and in few days covered them also
with layer of earth, from 4 fencc-row,
close by, TO The depth Of about eight or ten
nches. Upon this earth fodaered my
three cattle during the winter, occasionally
dcpositing more earth upon the lllter as II
collected there.
Your readers will readily Judge, that the
object of ali this preparation was not SO
much for the sake of saving the materials
collected there as 10 obtain menstruum, or
rather sponge, If may so call it, calculated,
to absorb aud retain all the urine deposited
IN the yard during the win er. The com.
pot masses, however, or layers, thus col.
ected log thcr. are mol TO be considered as
manure prepared for the soil, but only az
materials that require 10 be thoroughly mixed
in order 10 reduce them 10 stale fitted tor
rapid and complete incorporation with
The soil. Accordingly, with this v'e", !
commenced late in April the operation Of
turning il, which, from its having become
closely packed to the depth oftwenty inch.
es, with the s,aiks at the bottom, could only
be done with the aid of a gruboing hoe, turn
ing il in strips about a foot wide, reaching
across the yard, and throwing the loosened
manure back a sufficient space 10 allow
trench between, wide enou-h 10 work IN.
Alter removing the whole cover from The
stalks, along d strip, as before menlened'
they were easily gruboed up, by first cue
rng them though all along the solid edge
Of the strip with the hoe, 1t being made
pretty sharp for the purpose. In addition
TO thus pile of yard manure, | have also emp
tled the contents ofmy hog pen and stables
extending the pile several teel, and lying
upon The ground when first loosened, mor'
than two and halfteet deep. Oith's ma
nure have used sixteen loads this spring,
for truck and garden. and, judging from the
sze ofthe pile yet remaining. thrre cannot
be less than sixty loa IS. whlcn being turne
once more, intend to use for wheat next
fall.
In this manner, from only three head Of
cattle. and the fattcning of four hogs, have
made from seventy TO eighty:two horse
loads of manure, the highly ierl'l'z'ng pro
ner,ies Of which are abundantly attesled by
nv my own former experience. will not say
that is stronger than the best barn.yard
manure, but from its closer affinity to the
nature ofrhe soil. and greater facility for
being rapidly combined and Incorporated,
without loss by evaporation, have no doubt
it will be frequently found, upon trial, more
effective and more durable.
IN the process Of turning manure, thus
prepared, | hold it of the highest importance
to mix we'll the earhy and vegetable parts
together. Few are perhaps aware how
raoidly the earth facilitates vegetable de.
composition, and TO what a surprising de-
gree i, absorbs the excess of fertilizing ef-
Auvia. which must otherwise be evaporated
during The process of decomposition. This
circumstance. believe, taken in connexlon
with the careful economizing Of all animal
excrc,ions. constitutes chiefly the great Sc.
cret q might. perhaps, add alleged necro-
mancy.) that has added already so much
verdure to my previously exhausted soil.
and been so profitable to me, and so sur
prlsing to my neighbours.
No farmer can imagine, that has not
trieG he experiment. what prod'gous
ouan,i,v of rich vegetable, and fibrous earth
may be collected from corners and by-pIa'
ces which lie out of the way Of cultivation.
and which, from their retired position, have
perhaps never so much as attracted his no.
ice All such refuse trash, and horous
oor,bs and weeds. bv being conveyed to his