Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-01-12
NO.5O.
ALKALINE MAxuREs-coMYosrs

| ALKALINE HASCRES-CoAYoSTS.
Professor Jackson, in speaking on the
above subjects, has the following observa-
Tons:
Weca from experimental trials and
| from long and repealed observations, give
some useful directions as 10 The operation
Of compost manures. The following re-
suits may therefore he found Of advantage
to the farmers. Vegetable matters, on de-
composition, produce brown substance,
which has acid properties:
BY the action Of alkaliuc matters. such
rs potash, soda, ammonia, and lime, wo
may correct this natural acidity. and at the
snme lime convert 4 larger proportion OF
rhc vegetable mould into a soluble manure
capable Of being taken up by the rooilets
of plants. and suitable for assimilation in
the vegetable sap vessc.s.
Auimare matter, continuing large pro-
portion of nitrogen, gives out a great guam
tily Of ammonia when lecompo icd. Hence
the we'll known value Of animal cxcrencurs
as manrlrcs. even on soils already charged
with suilicicncy Of vegetable matters.
Now we shall see that the influence &C
lime in a compost heap, composed Of veg
etablc and animal matters IN slate Of de-
cay. is To eliminate the ammonia from The
! the pu,rid auima! matters, 80 rs 10 cause
it to act upon The vegetable substances.
which arc naturally acid, and TO render
large proportion Of The orsaric matter So
lublc in wafer.
The inllusn of dino is also excrtcd 10
ncu,ralizc acids which in their free state,
arc noaious: such for instance, rs the sui
phoric and phosphoric acids. and their acid
sails, and The resulting combinations with
lime are extremely favorable 10 vegetation.
Gypsum, If mixed into conIpos, where
carbonate of ammonia il eliminated, is
partially d-composed, and carbonate Of
lime & su!phale ui ammonia result, which
The experiments OF Mr. Lecoq and others
have pro- ed 10 be valuable saline manures.
Carbonate ammonia is also well known TO
b" most powerful manure, but we cannot
afford Ia Gsc in large way so costly
substance as the commercial article. We
must, therefore, make i, indirectly iu our
compost bpnp', as have long siucc slated
in former Reports.
When We compost together through tie
winter. peat. swamp muck, rotten wood. or
any vegetable matters, with Uarn-yard
manure. aud in the spring season we mix
ir;o The heap, about ihrrc weeks before wo
.ulcnd 10 use The compost. s,mc fecon,ly
Stacked lime, ;or. il ;tat IL nol 10 be had.
some uuieached ashes or potash will au-
sHeI,)) Wc geIefc;c from tho sc.cccn:;,osi-'
ION OF Tie animal matters, an enormous
quani,,y of nmmouia, which viii he alb
,nfJcd hs ,hc vegetable aci'i., ana The ma
nurc will be powerfully augmented in
strength and value.
The pg0por'ion.i in which peat o.swamp
muck aud Liable manure have bean en-
Iioy ed 90 Il large scale. successfully, are
a. iul!Ows:
farce iuads Of swamp muck or peat.
Ouc loau of stable ur barn yard or any
animal manure.
These are made into Il compost heap.
or long enough tor decomposition 10 COM
nencr.
In the spring season, one cask Of recent.
" siackcd lime $40 hc carefully mixed in,
while digging over tue heap. The lime
GAiricaics the punscni, gaseous alhal am
rnona which pcnrsruics every part Of he
compost heai, and ncu:rIIiZcs riIr orgaaic
ACIDS. forming valuable soluble co,npoua.Is
Night soil, and the urine o. animals -
aI.n most useful addition 81 a comp',r
heap. and will pr,hucc more anu.,U;a thrm
any other animal mdnurcs. Every iuriE
or should provide sumo mean. Tor SAVING
the liquid ruauurcs which are 80 frequent:
" wasted. Tor prnpcrly used, liquid MA
nurcs are ul very great value.
II peat, swamp muck or ro;ion wn"i
can be ohIaincd, they may I've made t" ab.
soIb the liquids by placing them undcr The
stable, or Il trench may be GU, from Tho
stable and vau!r, aud the liquid rnnnurcs
may be conveyed thereby iniu The vrgela-
bic compost which IN such case may bs
placed at distance from tho dwelling
house. at u lower level.
Vegetable matters of The kind abovo
should also be pu, into tho hog s,ycs, and
the hogs will soon convert ii into good
compost. Every hos, says the celebrated
farmer Mr.. Phinncy of Lexington, will
make ten loads oi good compost manure II
sou will afford him the materials. In the
sprin. the compost is TO be thrown om
from The srycs, and lhcn lime or ashes may
be aivantaccousy mixed with u, and Il
will he ready for use in ten days. Many
intelligent and cnterprisins farmers alrea-
dy practice some ofthc rules here laid down,
and il is desirable that all should know tho
theory OF their operations.
The above views OF Professor Jackson
arc founded on common sense, reason and
philosophy, and should receive attention.
KHEUMATIsM.-A writer in the U. S.
Gazette strongly recommends the follow
ng as an cflcctual remedy for this very