The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-03

belief ladoplea merely from iailh ~ olheIl
dion vas, ihal Il VAS bssl 70 urn % 81
kiuds of mtatTs. The Tesuli q MS a"
eiientEl e1pernlnt vas, ihai De com
.uDon de Iand sheIeoR he manure vas
applied % lie surfsre, not only maintain
&c he ssast which is bring hFst Up gave
ID. hus usnifesliy ineIeased thai superior.
N Ii ! raiiO considerably exceeding ne
difference which tai Circumstance sicne
could create. and AZ last produce much
nose N proportion. ThecxceSs Uss 100
plain 10 require sccuEaie measuring % a.
certain i: aud having no idea = the tune
Of publishing The experiment, the usual
messurrmeni with Tub was moi made. !"
The writer OF his report viii further
stale. lhal in an experiment made by him
self in the spring d 1888. lie lad Az his
manure Of every description On band,
linclnding I'll The ashes that could be
found on lhe farm. pu, up in pens Of ten
rails IN circumference, and az much as SIX
feet IN heighlh. II was spread in slier-
naie layers, in thickness proportional 10
Il,e quantity. las near as could he guessed.
OF each kind; and so as always 10 have the
weak and strong manure in immediate
contact. This was done before. and about
the time, he commenced planting corn.
And as soon after the corn was up as con-
yenieni-and before giving il the first
workinc-Ihe manure was taken out and
spread in suitable quantities. laccording
10 The strength Of The land, on The Top 81
the hill, directly around The corn. In
breaking The pens, they were taken down
on The side we commenced hauling from;
and hy striking down from top 10 bOIlom
OF the pile, each cart load contained .
pari Of every LAYER. This made COM
plele mixture Of the whole-and with tie
former absorption Of the weak from the
strong layers, tresiing on each olher,l
rendered The whole mass uniform in
strength. And he is most confident,
(alihough we had very dry season., he
never was so fully remuneraied for his
labor, in applying manure in any other
manner; except. perhaps, on small scale
where he has covered The entire surface
with stable manure.
We might sdduce further evidence in
favor Of Inc surface application 81 man.
IRE. but presume enough has hscn said;
az must persons may, in all probability,
choose 10 mske small experiments 10 sat
isly themselves. beiUre adopting our
practice IN full.
but after all that ran be said on The sub
ject Of making and applying putnsreni
msnnres on large scsie-snd esperislly,
wi,hopi The sddluonsl means Of IendrTlng
our lands permanently rich and prodDc.
tive, Il mean mari md lime in lls ssIi
aus forms, winch presume we have
not. 10 any gres, extent, in The or coun
ry-but which abound in giea, abun-
dance in the lower part o. the Stale, uih-
nui seeming TO aursci that Attention il 50
much merits. u Is much 10 be Tesrlitd.
that. BY mnsl persons, IL is rsgarted IS
an up hill, lsbmious. aud diseeuraging
bnsin,s.; resolving them TO cut down
their oud lands. and 10 turn out llieir
old fields. And finally. when al come
10 be old 6elds--io abandon The whole
and flee 10 the wesL
We have now. however. abundant
Cause TO congratulate ourselves, and the
whole agricultural e,mmn..i.y. ON The
facility with which We may apply pu-
crescent vegetable manure 10 our land;
and hich has heretofore. been consider
ed a lluiculesn ta.k-:imp!y, by the
turning under Of green crops In His
business, Which is The work Of child.
when compared with The former practice
OF msnurng, We think there can be on
bounds 10 our profitable txerlinns. And
with plentiful arplicat,un IL those
means, cnmbia,d with a due proportion
Of The lime and mari. that our low-coun-
Try friends have 81 hand. they, surely,
NAV be dnnbly blessed.
On this subject, much has been written
Of late. ia our agricultural papers--ihe
main spring 10 our luiurr greatness; and
as they are now in the reach Of almost
every one, we deem it Jun, cesssry 10
make any quotations, IS our report has
already been drawn out 10 a.mnch great
er length than was al FIRST intended.
All Of which is most respectfully sub
miued.
GEO. srapoRs. Commute.