The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-08

se hnd il lacking in he very hing which
was superintendent in animal monld.
That hing % volatile alksli. The great
mass Of vegetable mould h alnays i'm
Prrgnaied. but alxsys slightly charged
wilh volatile sllsli. There q no, enou "a
Of he assh and blood forming elemeai IN
vegetables 10 hasten The decay inlo rich
manure. Nov here again not science.
but practical common sense steps in. and
did sleP IN long ago. and - she taught
mankind The necessity Of adding sol or
mould 10 lie dscaying animal matter, 80
here. 10 enrich vegetable mould. she teach
20 that animal mailer. or that which Il iis
represenialive, ALKALINE SALT, must be
added 20 vegetable mould. 10 make il &c
i've. IL Is not The mould mould alone
which plants want. We hare seen al along
how nature provides certain amount Of
salts in her virgin mould; VIC by cropping
exhaust these faster than the mould. We
have tons Of that. yet our 6elds are ba.-
rem. They want, n has been explained.
salts. And now, reader, having been
brought BIZ this course Of reasoning 10
what mould wants, consider what tons and
ions Of useless mould you have in your
swamp muck and peat hogs, your has
socks. and your turfy meadows. AL these.
loot upon Zoo, in depth Is they lie. are
truly vegetable mould, in greater or less
degree ofdeesy. ifyou dig this up, and ex-
pose il 10 The air. that itself sets il 20 work,
decay is FASTENED. volatile matters escape.
yea. ammonia, the master spirit among
manures, is secretly forming and II work,
warming and sweeiening the cold and sour
muck. Without further preparation, prsc-
lice confirms what theory teaches. that
this process alone furnishes IRON these
beds Of vegetable mould. very good ma
nure. II is already highly charged with
I'll the salts which plant wants. Blu,
experience. doubtless led by the light Of
the good result Of mixing mould with ami.
NAL matter, 10 preserve ils strength, has
also reversed the practice. and taught the
utility Of adding 10 regelsble mould quick.
ening salts; that is, either The volatile al.
kali, by composing the mould with stable
manure, or alkali in the shape Of ashes,
or potash, or soda ash, or lime. or mix.
ture Of these. In fact. whatever substance
can by puirefaclion give of volatile slkali
will and must, and does convert vegetable
mould, Of itself dead and inactive, into ;
quick and f.riiIizing manure. -@..
II then, reader, you pause here mo
menl upon This fact and then cast you
view backward over the principles W.
have enjeavored TO impress on your me-
mory. You win perceive that there Is not
among III the classes aud kinds of ma
nure which we have shown You, one
which may not be added, or as is The
phrase, composted with peat, meadow
mud, swamp.muck, or by whatever othel
name these great storehouses Of vegetable
matter are called. These are true source.
of abundant manure, IN all whose stock o.
cattle. &c., is too small to give manure
enough for the farmers use. II il the
farmers business To make choice. il hi
has any but Hobson's, of what substance
or mixture Of substances he will use. We
have shown him how small a portion o.
animal matter, one to ten. Of pure mould
will impregnste that substance. Taking
then a cord ofswamp-muck, We shall fine
il contains in round numbers, about one
thousand pounds oI real dry vegetable
mould. So thai the carcass OF an ANNA
weighing one hundred pounds evenly ant
well mixed up with cord Of fresh-dug
muck, will make cord of manure. con
tanning all the elements, sndlheir amount
too, Of a cord of dung But it is not from
the csrasses OF ANIMALS that the farmer
expects 10 derive the quickening salts fol
his muck. This can be the source oil
that power only to the butchers, (whal
fat lands they all haveD or to the dwellers
near the sea, where fish is plenty. A
barrel of alewiyes, il is said, ferlilizes d
wason.load of Liam. The carcass of q
horse coverts and fertilizes five or siS
cords Of swamp.muck. A cord Of clear
stable dung changes two cords Of this
same muck into manure as a rich and dn.
rable as stable manure itself. These are
all the results, reader, Of actual practice.
The explanation of The principle has only
come in since the practice, and showed
the how and the why Of this action But
the merit Of explaining this action, would
be, is nothing, ii il had no, conducted one
step further. The explanation OF the
principle Of action of animal matters, ami
NAL maures Of all kinds. whether solid
or liquid, on muck or peat. has led che.
mistry to propose, where these cheap and
common forms Of quickeniug power are
not to he hal. to mix ashes, or potash, oil
soda ash with swamp-muck. Now, rea
der, this is not an idle, visionary, book
farming scheme. II is perhaps one o
the few successful, direct applications o.
chemistry to farming, which speaks ou
in defence Of suck book farming. in tones
and terms which bespeak your favorable
consideration for the attempt which
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