The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-02-05
The Farmer.
,cRICULTURAL MEETINGS..

Nv" week to discuss subjects pertaining To
1'n ,Sro,e The following are the remarks made at
% ,,,.c meetings, as we find them reported in
h, Mercantile Journal
Il, Allen Of Pembroke proceeded to mike some
=. and said that the subject of "Manurcs"
.1 bo the cherobject of u,eniion among farmers,
w.. ,nOeolcn OF the same was the next thing in
'..,,,oee 10 agrcuIturists. Amongst all iarmers,
I'd ,snures has been held us the chief ma
Ia D.ed, bat on this point there had been
' ~ diversity Of opinion. His soil was m"ist and
.~,,c and compost manure was the principal kind
r.;,h h, psed. II farmers insisted on using their
manure on their lands without composing, then,
-, ,,O !, under the soil. As to the most suit
81. ,iuc in the year to manure, he could assign no
.,- DsdoJ which would be for the benefit Of all
S,r.,. without injurng their crops. EIe Ind
.,o u,,d ,cl-it was the food which nourished
pins
n, Dr,ck read comm uncation from John Wells
,tno,rheser. s which the writer stated some eS-
r,in,r, he had made with salt he was induced 20
write from seeing in the papers the discussion WHICH
,, D,,e on the last evening in regard TO the benef-
,hl properties Of this manure. The communication
stated &a,m England the application Of snlt as
m,oute, had been long practised, and beneficial re-
uh was Obtained by the application OF ten or fifteen
bu,he. 10 lhs acre; with US, its was prevented,
\ IN most Places, from the distance from Underwater,
where was difficult TO obtain it. lie has applied
lone bushe Of salt 10 n CARLOAD OF manure, which
eoincded with the English method; this mixture did
not ,k the crop He also applied first forty bushels
dnIt to the acre, then thirty, twenty, and even ten
Bushels to the acre, which quaHtity he found was
nimious Ry applying FIVE bushels 10 an acre, quite
high, appearance was given TO the sill; he then
divided Ofa lot of land, and applied four bushels TO
h' ncre, which course was highly successful, making
he roll quite fertile, He had some Louburdy pop
uGea on his land, which are great exhausters OF
he SOIL wishing to get rid of the same, he cut them
down, and applied slt to the stumps; the effect was,
thai mmcksr appeared. These were the ex-
Puimss which he had made with salt.
Edwin MSlone Of Beverly, stated that no himself
bod no PERSONAL experience; what he knew Of
The application OF salt, he has obtained from the
'rpHirnce of his nei.hhors. In conversng with one
n neg hbors, he was asked into hi. field to exam
% piece Of grass; after arriving at the field he
iSed he discovered in one lot any thing peculiarly
Hterent from the grass in other places; he remarked
hat he did; the grass was more green and luxuriant
here than al the other places; the owner then re-
Vested him 10 gUess(he being Yankee )what caused
NE NmarHnbIe difference, rs he had ploughed and
S"a all the land equally alike, and cultivated the
oNe alike with regard to many things. Mr. Stone
VS. Unable to say what caused the difference, when
. was informed that his neighbor had been some
me before at Salem, where he found some salt
ncn came from hides, and thinking that he would
IN experiment., purchased the same and took it
'~e; ne then sowed the salt broadcast on the lot
"Vo ne had marked out, in a similar manner and
''NR ms he would grass seed or grain-us to the
uOu'' put upon an acre. he could not saw the grass
''efy green and fertile appearance from the
P"'a''on' lie thought that jndicious application
'"'"ou'd in all cases prove beneficial. This APP
v''On OIL salt had been called to mind by paper
"'n ne mad read on the sheet. Mr. Stone also
't' n0t he had found tho fall feed much better
!" mat upon which salt had not been spread.
"e" used dscreetIy he thought it valuable article
"l'ure' This lot which had received the applica-
u was ABOUT two miles from the ocean. The eff
' p"n asparagus was well known to all farmers;
"'sora'ed and produced the most beneficial re-
Is. -
." "ucNmmster hoped that If any had used salt as
''e' ne would speak freely. lie thought some
~. '0u DC had as TO the time Of appiying-and
'"'uu De applied in the fall, rather than when
'.Op' were coming, it would prove three times as
-, "e hoped there would be more trial of
/. manure, which was full Of worms, salt
IT,, .,, U' put IN the fall, without the danger which
Ill., III" oy applying it in the spring. As to
manure in general. he had found mueb
ID ne mad been told tina, manure could not be
ueeP IN The soil; he thought this statement
off,, '''' connection he spoke of green manure
w. ne thought this theory would no, answer;
n a'One in this belief, for many farmers had
m ,,;, nc 0la not believe manure sank; it had
rlar '"a' manure was sunk into the sub soil, i,
y ~ a'uaoie, but he did not believe it was so
i'll 'u not receive benefit from manure when
10, 'p ne could not tell; he thought it being in
was one reason. Manure should
Q ,bor,,, with the sol-clay, sand and ma
mr.. O Os well mixed. He objected to placing
en- r,.a e surface, and more especially when
hi. from the burn-yard, but he had rather do
e oh,,; wa" bury it, He believed that ir the ma
,b.., IN winter from barns, was mixed well
lined ~ a"d narrowed, better crops could be
"n 'Oan by any other method: If the soil has