The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-08

we siaied respecting he two classes q
fsOd. aAd the tso classes Of substance.
Earned from thar food ~ snimals. a
certain portion Of lhai food contains none
Of thai prineiple which forms ammonia
This portion 0flood makes lsl. Annslaer
parton az food contains The Substance
shirh Turns ammonis. This pan ollhe
food forms fesh and blood and The olher
paris Of the body, skin. HAIR. feathers.
brisiles. wool. hnrns, hooGs. nails and
claws. ihevs and siness. Nos, when 1
body dies and decays. the mould whirh
% farms xill be rich manure. OF poor
manure. just in propnriioa as il eonisins
mnfe nc LEES AZ The Substances formed ouI
81 that portion Of food which furnishes
flesh and blood. The "a. therefore, in
animal mould. plays very inferior pariio
that acted by The Hesh and bload. IN Q
word. ~ wish 10 dismiss the fatty mat
iers from our present consideration. Imay
do this, reader. by stating 10 you al thar
sou need know, that in decay. fal forms
chiefly carbonic acid. II, therefore, Won
call 10 mind what we have said about the
action Of that. you will see how Cat acts
in manure. Bui The aesh and blood, and
the substances formed from IL, give pre-
eisely the came things ss vegetables do
when they decay, that is. water. mould,
and salts. The great difference between
The decay ofanimal and vegetable matters.
10 this. thar as The animal bodies are Gar
richer in the substance. which firms am
monia, so they afford q richer source Of
manure. The animal body contains that
element. in quantity enough, not only 10
oil the pores Of lis own mould, but also
enough 10 impregnaie large quantity OF
mould from other sources. The vegetable
body. on the contrary, contains scarcely
enough ammonia 10 gil I've own mould.
Vegetables differ in the quantities of The
elements Of food. which can furnish flesh
and blood, and hence these vegetables are
best far manure. which furnish most am
onis. We have already remarked on them
difference. in his respect. between siraws.
grasses, and clover. But Without going
farther int" this comparison, which can
have no other practical bearing. Than 20
show You The immense difference in Va
lue, in animal and vegetable bodies. in
forming manure, we may here resolve The
subject into one great principle. The
substance which fnrms flesh and blood.
whether derived from plants nr animals,
alone FIRMS ammonia during their decay,
and the monld thence arising. 10 rich oi
pocr manure. jusi in proportion as IL ron.
lains the substance. fl to form flesh and
blood. Starting from this principle. we
find that animal substances. ~ flesh. fish,
fowl. The body generally. including lis
varions forms &c covering. hair, wool,
feathers, nails, hoofs, horns, claws, &C.,
afford. in the process Of decay, ahou, ten
times more ammonia. Than the siraws and
grasses usually entering into The rompos,
heap. The animal bodies give more va.
laiile alkali. than their mould can con
tain.
I, 10 given or in such quantity tina, de-
cay is rapidly fastened. All the signs o
pu,reiac,ion, therefore. rapidly take place
The quantity Of mould being small, moth
ing holds The volatile parts, they escape
aud are lost. Now common sense ant
practical foresight have stepped in here
from time immemorial, and taught man
kind the necessity and the utility of pre-
.eniing the waste Of The vol lille and mos
valuable parts Of the decaying animal sub
stances. By covering them in with earth
soil, 81. These imbiha the escaping
virtue or strength, and become rich and
frrlllizing. II remains TO state, that every
pound uf animal carcass can impregnats
ten pounds Of vegetable mould; or. taking
our arabic soils as the, usually occur. one
pound &c Il sh, fish. blood. wool. horn
&C.. can feriilize three hundred pound:
of common loan. You will see. there
fore, reader. how little you have now tc
lean of The necessity Of saving every
thing in the shape Of animal matters. ant
converting them to manure, by turning
them into your compost heap. II is tC
be remarked, that the DIR, forms Of animal
substances undergo the process Of decay
when left TO their own action very slow
: ly. Wool, hair. fiocks, horn-sha, ings
&C., or even leather chips and curriers'
shavings, bear long exposure. and seen
quite indislruciible. They We, are ricf
in all the true virtue Of manure. They
W n, something to bring this out, to Sc
them working, TO bring on fermentation
Well, on this head we may lay down two
rules: the first is. that If buried among |
heap of Iermenting matter, that communi
cafes similar change TO these dry, ami
NAL substances. This is slow work. Th,
SECOND rule is. that if these dry matter
7 are buried 10 the soil among The roots q
growing plants, then these act more pow
erfully than fermentation, and the dr.,
substances are converted to manure,
. speed which may be called quick, com
, pared to the fermenting processes. Thu
/. practical lesson to be drawn from thes
differences of action between the flesh!
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