The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-23
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sOILING OF CATTLE -.CoMPoSTING
MANURES

Suhotoi SouiNuuullyi iudk We sUdh NCdl
them under the same general head. To
attempt 10 cultivate lands, 10 any Of the old
settled states, without manuring, with the
hope Of resulting profits, would be to defy
the experience OF centuries, and turn deaf
car TO the Injunctiuns Of that philosophy
which Is based upon reason and common
sense for the observation OF every farmer,
who msy be in the lcast intelligent, will
have forced The conviction upon his mind,
that he who looks TO The earth for remuue.
rating returns, must make 1t the aim Of
his system 10 restore 10 It, IN the form OF
manure, an equivalent for the products
which It may yield, or exhaustion OF its
powers in production will necessarily fol.
low, as q matter Of course. These views
We hold to be so nconIroyertible, us 10 re-
quire DO argument 10 sustain them, and We
shall, therefore, not trouble the reader With
one. But shall proceed to recommend 10
the adoption Of farmers, generally, the pol
icy Of adopting the system Of yardiug and
solllng Of their cattle OF a night, as the best
Of all possible plans which they can devise,
70! accommodating e,and placing them.
selves in a position to feriil re and improve
their lands; aud consequently to increase
their capacity for production.
We are aware that we shsll be met, in
the very onset, with that sIereoiyped oblec
tiOn that, in this country, labor is TOO dear to
contemplate feeding cattle by soIling but,
10 despite Of this objection, We shall venture
10 urge, that sOiling OF stock should be en-
grated upon the system Of every farmer
owning sufficient number Of cove aud OK
en- 10 make il an object.
Let US suppose that farmer had twenty
head Of Cattle, and that, with the view Of
feeding them Of a nigh, with green meat,
from May until the fros,s Of fall, ia order
tina. he might make the greatest possible
quantity OF manure, all he would have &c
90, would be, 10 provide himself with si1
acre lot, manure and ash, or lime il veil,
SOW two acres Of II in Lucerne, one in clio.
yer, and divide the other three acres ba.
tween. corn, some broadcast, and Millei,
say, two acres Of the former and one Of the
latter. Such lot, thus cultivated, would
afford al ample supply of green feed, for
the number OF cattle named, from the early
part Of May til late in the fall. The green
meat is bat one thing provided, the next
thing would be, TO haul earth into the cattle
gard, spread il some six or eight inches deep
over the entire surface, giving i, sh.hke
fotm, IN order that the centre NAV be low.
eI than The SIDES, &c that none OF its rlcI es
may be washed away. The earth being
thus spread, bushBi or two Of Plaster, and
twenty or thirty bushels Of Pulverized Char
coal, should be soEn thereon so as to cover
every part Of il, then let mould and leaves
from The woods be carried in, so as 10 give
an additional layer Of fout,or FIVE inches,
observing the dIsl Ike form as before -
The yard being thus prepared. after wait
lug few days for the earth to settle, the
cattle could bo fed therein, each night, with
prosender cut 10 the morning, aud exposed
TO the sun TO be wllted. A man IN half an
hour each morning would be able, II he put
forth his strength and skill, TO cut grass, or
corn, or ml!iel enough, to serve the twenty
head Of cattle, aud each evening With sin.
gle horse cart he could haul in aud depos
il il 10 movable racks, 10 be provided, IT,
40 hour more but lei US say, that the cut.
ting, hauling, and deposiing of The grass,
would axe two hours day. From the Isl
Of May 10 the 18Th Of October, would make !
les days, which at hours per day would /
lhake, ID the feeding season, 2S Gays. Say |
tina, the hauling and spreading Of The earth |
would take 2 months more, and that the /
sowing Of the charcoal aud plaster would
take two dayq, thus making up three months
10 all, Of the services OF man and horse
and cart. With this data let % see how
would stand the account OF cost:
Services Of man month at SIC por J
month. sl8 90 .
Services Of Horse and Cart months at
s21 per month, co 90
b5is Plaster at Sll. Z 90 +
80 bushels Of pulyerizsd Charcoal al 20
cts. r IN
sllg 90
Now then, man, horse, and cart, thus
Employed for three months, could. in the
way we have pointed out, make 1000 loads
{ fat manure, which would, at fair est.
nate, being on the farm, be worth about
Il per load, and would, indeed, add much
1ore than that 10 the increased value OF the
roducts Of the lsnd--so that with labor
'orth SIG, manure could be accumu.
ted worth, in!rinslcalIy worth, 81 ,0UO, or :
S7l more than the price Of the LABOR and
le time employed in its collection. 3
BY combining night soiiOg with day
razng, all possible objections arising from
he confinement Of cattle would be 20, rid '
= while that object, which should be 60
ear and deaf to every farmers heart, the r
crease Of The manure pile, would be sig r
iHy attained, and attained 100, at an Ak. n
'nse 50 comparatively trlfiing, as not 10 be
ofthy OF bslng placed 10 The opposite seal. 50
,alnst the attendant advantages. K
II any should doubt that isen,v head n 10
title could ieriilize, and yield 1000 loads
manure IN a year, we reply, that the
ing 10 entirely practicable, and go vii !,
cry correctly thinking man admit, when
tel bin, that, 10 every gallon Of cattle
me, their 1s afunnnnla euCuoh IN oyo,p c -