Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-06-07
DAN las
PRIZE ESSAY ON MANURES.
(Concludcd.)

1TaDures Composed chicfy of No,

Anu now, reader, having Dttn drought ON
this course Of reasoning, to what the mould
wants, !. e. salts, consider what tons and
tons Of useless mould You have in youl
swamp muck and peat boys, your hassockS,
and your turiy meadows. All these, foot
upon foot in depth as they lie, are truly veg
: ctablc mould, in a greater or less degree ot
decay. If you die this up, and expose 1t To
the air, that itself sets it to work, decay is
hastcncd, volatile matters escape, yea, am
mona, the master-sprn among manurcs, is
secretly forming and AT work, warming and
swcetening the cold and sour muck. With
ont further preparatoa, practice confirms
what theory teaches, that this process alone
furnishes from these beds of valuable mould,
IA very good manure. II is already highIy
charged with all the salts which plant wants.
But experience doubtless led by the liah Of
good results Of mixing mould with animal
matter to preserve lis strength has also re-
vrrsed the practice, and taught the utility of
adding to vegetable mould quickcning salts !;
that is, either the volatile aIkali, by compos-
ting the mould with stable manure, or alkali
in the shape of ashes, or potash, or soda-a>Il,
or lime, or IA miXturc of these. In fact.
whatever substance can by puucihclIon give
off volatile alkali, will, and must, and does,
convert vegetable mould, oftSclf dead and
inactive, INTO quick and icrtiizug manure.
II, then, reader, YOU pause here a moment
upon tins Fact. and shea cast your eye back
ward over the principles we have endoavor-
ed to impress on your memory, YOU will per-
ccivc that there is nat, among all the classes
,,I |. irl- f
You, one which may no, be added, or as IS
the phrase, compo>tcd, with peat, meadow
mud, swamp-muck, pond mud, or by what
ever other name these great s,orchouseS OF
vegetable matter are called. These are the
true sources ofahundant manure, to all whose
stock Of cal'n, ~ is too small to give ma
nurc enough for the farmers use.
1t is the farmers business To make choice
(li' he has any bat ilobs1n'>) Of what sub
stance or mixture Of Substances he will use.
We have shown him how small ii portion OF
animal matter, one to ten of pure mould, will
imprrgnatc that Substance. Taking then "A
cord o! this swamp muck, we shall find it
i contains in round numbers, about one thou
sand pounds Of real dry vegetable mould.
so that the carcass of an animal weighing
nnn ,u,,l,.,l ,,,lI 4
mn with :, earl n rrnsh ,lnr, ,n.r ,,;ll n,.Ln
-, cord or ,,,,,,ro ,;,,;9a al ,ho ,Ia,nan,.
and ,l,oir ,non,, ,no or. corJ 81 Innn
Pn, !, Is No, t.nn, ,L w. o,r,.,a. y" nc,n;,Is
,,,, ,l,o f,ra,o, ny.'a,,.,o i ..;u., H., ',,'.,
rnino salts f;,r his mucL nix on, W. ,ho
source Of ,h,, nrvrr mi, T., ,ho h,,c,,nrs
Eyl,,, e., l,nl. ,I,,, ~ l.,.aN an,a .L'
dvcllcrs near ,,,r sn, ulc,o G.n i ,Ion,y
, h,,roI Of .I.n;y.s !, :. s,;l c,n,,i,,ns
waoon-load or,o,,r .r,rr,rs &C., ,nrsn
converts and frn,,;yos G,n mr. six cnrd. =,
Swami muck. 4 card nf ,I,',r st,hIs Lnnn
chan,ns tvo ro,J. ,f,I,;. .,,,,.. ;n,', =
mamma as rich ,nl I,,,,l, 49, s,aI,,,, o,.,,,,rn
itself TbnSr ara ,ll ,,,o. ros,,,s rnaInr If
oc,u,l rr,c,;ro Tnn ov,l.,,,,;,, ,r ,,,a
,,inc;,ln has o,L, c,,,,o n.;,,., ,I,, ,,,.'.
,ice and sbownI',h h",.,,l ,I,o n.h,' dr,Li.
nct;on ''''' Wv w. " was
r., ,,a ... 49,.
p"' Wv ''''.i' '' 'Np'',h'os ms h'''o",,
"o''a "'' - I''''''g =, II II '''u not 'o'"''''u
olc SlcI' iu! '''i. ne cNNiNdlipN Oh tIc