The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-07-25

% form nesh. . spided 10 dang. Ifiih
> she. no milk % given dar.ng lhis period,
fur COO. In milk. fsls not
The dung thrn of fanening animals,
eoaisins mere u al he slemrnls Of lovd
Tor plans. Than ~ amy oiher period, and
. perfectly rich in nIlrogen. lussl res.
dsF. 4 . not 80 long since you have net
The word ammonia. Thar you have lors0,.
iea that ia source and orlgla are due 40
this nitrogen. Now the source or this NJ
Irogen 10 IN the fed, and %. during ls,-
iening. grain Is supplied for ia starch,
&c. 10 make isl. and very linle wssse Of
The body iuking place. The eHira nitrogen
Of The blocd-lorming materials Of Grain,
Is nearly all voided in dung.
9Th. The mode of smploymenl. Your
working beasts. suffer great wear and lear
Of flesh and blood. bone and muscle,
thews and sinews. Hence their daily food
supplies only this daily waste; the food il
very thoroughly exhausted. and Of course
The dung 10 weak. u derives Il chief va
lue from the exereiions of those parts of
the body which are voided a. waste ma
Ierials, among the excrem~nls. There u
a distinction 70 be noted here; excrelions
are the worn out fesh and blood elements.
eaeremenu the undigesied and unused
food; dung includes both excrslinns and
excremenu. Now the chief value Of Ghs
dung Of working cattle depends upon tie
excretions.
9Th. The nature OF the beast. lf his
coat 10 wonl. he requires more sulphur and
phosphorus, The natural yelk or sweat Of
his wool, more lime and ammonia. than
does The hairy coated animal. Hence
sheep produce manure less rich in many
Of the elements af plants, than easlle; bot
a. 81 the same time il eontains larger
portion Of nitrogen, aud IL very finely
chewed. il Iuns quicker into fermentation.
Il 10 hotter manure, quick TO eat. quick
20 work. and 10 SOM done.
7lh. The kind nf food. We have al.
ready spoken oflhis as affecting the quan-
tiiy Of dung. l,s effects are no less mar
ked on its quality. Now all that re.
quires 10 be said on this subject, 10 10 re-
mind you. reader, Of the two divisions Of
food. the IA, formers, and the flesh and
blood formers. Ii must he evident. that
the more ofihis last the food contains, that
II, the more heterogeneous 10 the food. the
richer the dung. Hence. grains ofall sorts.
peas. beans, &c. will always give richer
dung Than fruits, % apples, &c. The moro
heterogeneous the hay the richer The dung.
Meadow cats'ail and rye grass are nearly
sir times s,rungerin ammonia. Red clo-
yer is twice as rich in nitrogen as herds
grass; wheat, barley, and rye straw, green
carros and potatoes, contain only about
one third to one fifth the ammonia Of herds
grass, and ,urnips only about one sixth.
The quantity Of ammonia contained in
these different grasses and slraws. shows
at once, the effects they mnst have in
the compost hcar. The kind Of litter
must have no small effect upon the value
of manure. And while we are upon this
subject, it may not he out Of place 10 men,
lion .ha, the kind Of green crop turned
in, materially affects the value Of The pro-
cess. While the siraws of The gtain-bear
ing plants afford for every ton Of green crop
turned in. sbou, three quarters Of a pound
Of ammonia. green corn-s,alks and herds
grass, shout five Of ammonia per ton; rec
clover affords about seventeen pounds o.
ammonia per tom The very grea, va
lue OF clover in enriching land is thus mad,
evident. But TO return to the quality o
the dung as affected BY The food. i, ha'
been proved, tina. animals fatlening on OF
cake. give manure in value double that o
common stock, Here abundance Of nj
trogen is supplied where very little is re
quired, and consequently much is voidet
in dung, The poin, 10 which we hav,
arrived is a breathing place. the remarks
which have been offered upon the sc,ioI
Of salts, have prepared the way for gu
entering upon the next Seclion;-the &c
cond class Of msnures,
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This 10 She relative. npt the absolute pro
portion Of ammonia TIL" % ilysls Of Bonssin
gault. gives shout fifty. and o"s hundred sc
venty as the absolute quantity.