The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-08
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New Method OF Making sIanares
I. From your barn yard with gradual
deseeat 10 one side, so that the liquid
formed BIZ The rains will 1ow gently "a
that side: Make fhe hollom ~ hard and
smooth ~ possible, lhai there may Be lii.
lie or no waste by soaking into The earth.
Arrange your stables, hog pen. &c.. in
ssch order, As 10 throw all the litter and
manure into the yard.
2. Sink val or reservoir 10 the lower
side Of The yard. of sufficient capacity TO
contain The juice Of the yard. The most
common fonn o. The var 10 six feet width
BY lhree feet depth. and Twelve o. mnre 10
Length, according 10 the size Of the yard.
and the amount Of liquor flowing from il.
Whenlhe val Is more than twelve in length
il will be best % divide il by partitions M
totro or three parts. so tina. il a any
iime you want 10 use only part Of The IL
quor. you can do so without any incon-
venienre. II will be farlher desirable TO
have The vat 50 connected with The ya.sl,
that when oncednll. and you have CON-
menced your manufacture. " additional
rains come before you shall have CON-
pleied your heap, Of which we shall soon
speak. you can prevent the liquid "a
formed from running into your sst, either
by keeping il back in the yard, or BY
turing il another direction.
.. In this vat mix the following ingre.
dents IS nerly as you can. without aclu.
al measurement OF weight 10 every bar.
rel OF liquid add llis.of stone lime Just
Stacked. lbs. wood ashes good quality
and dry, OF an equivalent Of leached ash.
es, or ID. OF sah or its equivalent oil
brine; 2 ozs. sali-pelre; 90 lbs. plaster Of
Paris, or mud, or muck, 10 lbs. OF ex.
crements from the ,priyy, or 20 lbs,
thoroughly with The liquid in the vat, and
if the val contains QUE hundred barrels IN
crease The above ieois, an hundred
fold. II would mix these ingre.
dients q few days before YOU lay up youl
heap, aud stir them every day, but this i
not essential.
4 On the upper side of The vat lay
the foundation iur the heap, BY placing
the poles OF rails, with one end 10 thu
val, and he other extending from IL
about 2 feet apart, on these lay othe
poles crosswise, precisely as we do IN
foundation for stack Of hay or grain) Il
keep the straw from the ground and tina
the liquid may flow freely beneath.
5. Having every thing prepared. com
mcnce LAYING up the heap BY placing
layer OF straw, weeds. stalks. or whaiese
YOU have a, hand, on the foundation o
poles, 10 the thickness Of foot. fo'
will find great advantage from throwing
The materials a. you collect them in ih
yard and letting the cattle tread on then
until they are thoroughly broken and wet
When the layer is fort thick. stir up N
ingredients in the va, and with a pail Q
other vesselhhoroushly we, the layeron tn
poles. Place another layer on The firsl
and of the same thickness, wet as before
and thus continue until you have raise
the heap as high as you wish--say iron
six to ten feet. BE careful at weIling I
stir up ingredients FROM the bottom Of III
vat. The easiest and quickest way I
wet The several layers, will be 10 use
pump or eleva'e with hose attached, I
spread The liquor over the heap. Ia such
case, let one stir, another pump, and
third manage the hose. Only be Garrett
whatever method you pursue, TO wet tn
several layers thoroughly in all their parts
When finished, cover the heap with Sc
things in the bottom Of the vat, or wit
any thing else at hand---comnion cart
will answer.
O. II the heap consists Of straw. weed
and the like i, " II require wetling ever
fourth day. If you have used much pea
muck or earth. with the straw. waite
once a weak. To water the heap, max
holes with an iron bar or other instrt
ment in The Top of il from eight iotwelv
inches apart, and extending downwar
about the middle; then stir the liquid
the val. aud pour il into the holes I'm,
the whole is saturated; finally close I'll
holes. At every watering make ne
holes. ..l.m
Give the heap three wateriugs whe
made of straw, and It will be tit for us
in fifteen days from The time Of laying
up; when much mud and muck has bee
added, thirty days.
When il is desired TO manufacture IN
kind of manure in places where bari
yard-lipuid cannot be readily obtaine'
river, spring or pona water will answ'
the some purpose Ior welting the heaI
as the barn yarL liquid, by increasing
a small proportion the ingredients for u
mixture, as given IN section 3, aud adj
ing them 10 il.