The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-09-26

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poss q bedding. and soaking 90 The urine.
Tbs horels ~ers daily cleared ous by
wheeling he manure and ligier into he
ernEe Of he yard, [ which 10 dishins. j and
Plling Il up IN . snug heap. His barn Is
90 sIlualrd he cannot dig a cellar under Il.
bui he inlends The seeming season 10 build .
shed Tor the purpose Of keeping his ma.
nure under cover in future. The floors
of his horse slabls are tight every day
4 10 cleared, and the manure and lii.
yer 10 spread under shed. and bT being
ltroddsn BY his stock, il dues not hes' and
irsfans. - 10 Too often The eass. Most
Of bis winler manure viii be mined silh
swamp mud. 10 compost through The sum-
mer. Inquired respecting q heap near
bis barn: be said there we're ton cart loads
Of lime nl0rtar. that he bought Tor iriHe,
Of man who had taken down q large
house: IL vas mixed with about four loads
Of brake.rOot turf. about 10 months SO;
il hsd been leii Ibis length ofIime for The
purpose of having The plaster eome 10
Piecies, and rolIing the turf Last fall il
was shoyslled over and two lime casks Of
feshings, procured Al the tanners, mixed
with iI. lie thought While this animal
matter was decomposing there would be .
large amount Of nitrogen generated. and
give him large amount ofnitrate oflimeby
spring, when il wouid be sgain shorslIed
over. and IS bushels Of good ashes mixed,
and then applied TO an acre and half Of
ground, upon which he should sow wheat:
think he said the compos, was 10 BE- put
On ahsr the ground was plowed. and 10 be
hsrowed in with The wheat. The ashes
he had purchased al ten cents per bushel.
lie had a CARLOAD oflhe waste of woOl,
or hyings from the wool carder's; this
was 10 be boiled for a short time in I've,
10 cleanse the oil and grease, and TO rem.
der The WOOL decomposible. BY way Of
experiment, q part Of il would be used to
manure some Of his corn and potatoes in
the hill, the res. would be mixed in the
compost heap. 10 remain , ear orso. He
alsu had large quantity OF old wooden
rags, tia, he bought Of store keeper foe
. iriae--hasing. he said. read in some
book, chat 100 lbs. Of wollen rags con-
, tanned as much nitrogen as 5000 lbs. Of
COW manure. Some oflhese rags we're to
be chopped up and STEPPED in urine Tor .
few days, then to be partially dried and
sprnkled with gypsum, and used as ma.
nure in the corn and potato hills; the 9th.
ef part would. like the waste wool, be
composted. lie had number Of casks
OF fleshings that were obtained al The Tan.
ners, which would be mixed with vege-
table mould soon as the snow was Oh. and
he could obtain il; he has also taken The
hair, lime, and pi,hs Of horns from the
lanyard; the bones are broken up by the
hammer and mixed with manure and
plowed in: they will slowly decompose,
and supply phosphate oflime TO his land
he had about two ,arrels Of the settings Of
salts from the pearlash fac'ory-simIlar
he thought, TO the material known as gas:
factory manure; an account Of its use ant
value 10 given in Mr.. Colman's Fourth
Report, pages 3i4-5 BY Mr.. JAWS
There were few inches Of ley upon
the top of the sal in the barrels, sc
strong as To float an egg with nearly
one half its surface above the ley. This
he assured me according TO Mr. Jarvis
sta elnent. would convert 10 or Is load:
Of loan or muck into compost equal Il
the same amount Of good stable MANURE
All these materials, saw-dust, wool. flesh
ings, hair, lime, pilhs Of horns, and sall'
from the potash. he had for removing. al
they were considered nuisance, and Of nj
value BY the manufacturers or owners
I he drnppings Of The folws are ocsa
sionally strapped from the boards, owe
. which the hens roasted, and pu. in oil
cask.: in the spring it will be moistene'
, with urine aud ground to pieces with
hoe, and mixed with plaster Of Paris, IL
, be applied to grass land, or put abou
! the c"rn anu potato hills, at the first o
second hoeing; he styles i, Yankee
: guano." lie has strong tight box un
der his back house. in which is frequent
ly thrown gypsum, or charcoal dust Oh
/ tanned from The cual-pen Of the villag
! blacksmith: i, absorbs the smell, and ono
r in week or two, the contents Of The bo
: are mixed with dry pea, or sawduss o
, some other ma 'erial, 10 absorb the liqni
. part. and pu, into old tight barrels. Thi
!. il home. manufactured Poudre.fe. Hi
: hog yard is of good size. has been du
i. to the depth Of II inches, and a goo
n plank floor over the whole, which make
II il easy shovellng out The manure. TIL
d suds from the wash are conveyed to
it by a spout, which the manure Of hi
II hogs, mixed with the loan. muck. an
'r other materials, makes loads Of valuabl
l. manure. He has tried many exper
ments that he has seen recommends
is in The agricultural books and paper
q tina, he has read; says, after he becan
% one and ,wen,y," he did not feel ohl'I
h ed 10 follow in the " footsteps OF his wo
Ia thy predecessor" his father, and som
Is time pursued new track. and went U