The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-03-20
MANuREs.


We extract lhe following eAeellfnl re-
m,rks from IN az irle appearing IN lie
South srolina Tempera' &c Advocate:
In Inc application Of manure We .lauld
have al eye 10 is permanent benefits. We
should guard against is waste: and that
method Is % be preferred which best Sc
cures ms against this.
There j. popular cpinion thal manure
sink: that alt ongh Il MAJ be wasted, TO
! certain extent. hy evaporation. the prin-
cipal waste i ncrasioned hy is actual lie.
seeming into he earth, BY the action Of
rains. until il gets l,eynnd tie region oc-
cupird BY the rnnis Of the crops 70 be
cuiiivaleJ, aud ceases TO do them any
god.
n ,lis were 50. 70 my rrae ical extent,
Il would be . very good thing: fpI i
would deepen tie soil; and We should
lave nothing TO do bal 10 r!ongh deep,
and turn mp lie manure again before y
sinks Ioo far; when il would have ils Tor.
mer eiT,ct upun The rrnp. until IL should
sink second Time. Aud Ibis operation
might be again and again repea'ed, with
The Ike benefici9l results. II would fol.
low, too. that the pervipus soil would be
the most valuable Ger manuring; because
itcould sooner and more easily be made
deep.
ia, is The popular npininn irnr. that
manure is wasted by sinking! IshaIi pro-
ceed, in the first place, 10 prove that II y
not; and then, to show the wrong prarti-
ces that have flowed from il, and will con-
tinue TO low from il. so long as II holds
possession OF the popular mind.
That manure does nnt sink, beyond 2
proper depth. may be easily ascerialned
BY very simple experiments and BY a
very little reflection.
Let any one u ho doubts, put a spigot
in common rider barrel, knock out tbs
head Of il, aud Gil il with clean sand, near
=. II 10 the bop. hen lei him pcur upon
the sand the most impure liquid m5nass
he can find. lie will be able TO draw
from the spigot nearly pure water. ih'
impurities, whirh constitute the manure
will have been detained by the sand, BY
filtration, within short distance oil IN
ton OF the barrel.
itis upon this principle N 4 farmers az
in the. habit Of clarifying their cider.
il also well known method among gro
GERS, for freeing their liquors OF olJeeiion
able matter; aud every coniecIionsr Ia
bitaally employs i, in his business.
IL we look to tile operations Of nature
we shall recognise i.there. II the mp,
rites. on or near. the surface Of The earil
were carried down by rams, we Shout
never be able to get palaiable dunk
water. But the benefcent Parent Gl
good has. in the beautiful arrangemen
Of an ali.wise Providence. 50 ordered
that The rain which desrends upon The 81
face Of the earth, sll II he drained ai all
own impurities, aud Of those y enco"
ters near the surfaro. by passing throu
the superior strata; aud itgnshes oui, Pr
and transparent, in refreshing springs ?
wells.
take i, for granted. that whoever
slows a little reflection upon these mn
will be convinced that tie opinion '
manure sinks beneath the reach oil
roots of cultivated plants, is entirely e.
neuus.
II is an in,labiiable fact, however, !
after time, manure does cease to PROD
any sensible effects. think II nc'
by evaporation. Perhaps lev sim
experiments will establish tliis'
lfyoa enclose a portion Of manure
box, and place il where u sl'ali ho'
exnosed To- The acton of light and hea
will retain lis frriilizing qualities, Tor
mos, every assignable time; and sil
acquire, from the atmosphere, II acc
BILE to an addition to,hem. But II
Mace i, on board or stnne, or In uh
open a, the top, but enclosed al 'ne !
IA methol which | select, as renderi
certain that no part can SINK m"us
may escape at ,he-tap;) aud then e%
!, 10 The rain and sun, or To the sun al
il viii, in very short time, becoh'
,ire,y inert, and It's escape will be raT
proporlion to the intensity oil the ~
which ii is subjected.
There are other proofs. Every
ha, observed The rapid deterioraiio
lanl, exposed to the sun, without ~
neft of trees, or Of crop, to shade
Having thus learned that manure
wasted BY sinking but by evaporation
may be the proper place 70 '"q"''
reason Of the well known iac.' 'aa''
covered a, the same depth, i y
depends upon The superior heat q 7
nver he other; which, Of eparse' g
m,,s .apid evaporation. Aadih's,