The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16
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MANrRES.

MANIRES.
Almost every distinguished farmer has
had some hobby, some iavorite method Of
cultivation, some panacea FOR all the evils
OF poor soils and worse cultivation 10 the
adoption Of which all other things are made
subseryient. Thus, TuI thought Of pull
yeriza,ion alone Cookies system IS drilling
and seeding Lord DundouaI's is draining !;
Blackwell, IN improving cattle and sheep
had reference only TO size aud propensity
to aiien he used to say he did 90, care
Whelher there was any wool on bis sheep
OF no, Frederick Elcetor Of Saxony, seu,
Cor the wool alone, and the iloeks he pro
duced IRE without a rival. With US, the
hobby Of some lies in the rotation Of crops !;
some have unlimited faith 10 rcnosating
soils, BY alternating wheat and clover I;
while others place their dependence on roots.
Bot i mag be remarked, that while oil 9th
CT hobbies may occasionally be ridden too
hard tho man who directs considerable
part Of bis time, and bis spare capital. 10
the preparation and use Of mauurcs, will
have no occasion to regre, the expenditure {;
for il may be 90, down as truth in agri
culture that the character OF farm, and
the farmer, may be pretty accurately kuo~n,
by the quantity OF manure prepared aad
used upon the premises.
There are few things in which American
agrculurlsis exhibit q greater van, Of
fotelhougR and good husbandry, ihuu IN
the general neglect Of the means they pos
sess for retaining or increasing the fertility
Of their soils. Animal manure is, in all cu.
ilsaIed countries, the great agent for pre-.
noting fertility, aud Tot replacing those 10
gradients IN the soil essential 10 vegetation,
but which are gradually exhausted by crop.
ping. Whatever opinion We may form Of
The philosophical theories Of the present
day on the subject Of nutrition in plants,
The fact that animal manure increases fer
tIlity is doubted by none, and 1t is the prac,
lice and not the theory with which the far.
mer should be most interested. Now, as
ever, the stable and the barn yard are pla
ces TO which the farmer looks FOR his sup
ply Of manure and Il "a 10 these points that
his attention should be directed, when wish
ing to increase the quantity and the value
Of this essential article.
One Of the greatest losses the farmer sus
tains, is by allowing the urine Of his sta,
bles, and the wash of yards TO run to waste.
Urine, us is now we'll known, is one of the
most active fertilzing agents, and tho leach.
'ngs Of the yards contains very large pro
portion Of the salts that accumulate IN such
a depository. How often do we SEQ the
DRAWINGS Of the yard and stables, black
with decomposed matter, and rich with the
mos, ierllllzing Of salts, pass of into the
highway, or some stream, as though the
owner considered them nuisance Of which
10 was glad TO be rid in tho hes, way he
could. There are two ways IN which this
GORGEOUS waste may be prevented, and
these most essential parts Of animal manure
saved for the use of the farm. The first
aud the best way, where the yard will ad
NIT Of it, is to cover the yard with such O
quantity of vegetable earth, turfs, swamp
muck, wash of the roads, or any light alb
sorbcnt earth, as to retain iae, urine and
'"N's'ure of the manure and proven, lis r es.
S'pe' where, iron tho quantity of tho
manure, or other causes, this drain ca,no,
~ THIS why BIO prevented, large vat :
Sha' IS sill cheaper, simple excuyaiflsSHh