Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-11-19

! these clements which are necessary for the foo
Of vogetab es, and Of course require differcn
treatment to enable them to produce their full ef
! feet when applied to II soil.
GREEN, JUICY PLANTS contain much sacharIn
(sweeD and mucilagino1s (gummy) matter. AM
Of course readily undergo fermentation, which
will break down and render soluble the woody an
hard parts of the plants. When intended, there
FORE for manure, they cannot be used too green
in order that they may heat in the soil. and there
fore prevent the csca pc and waste of their mos
useful parts
Green plants contain tho largest quantity 0
easily soluble matter when they In flower. o
Just before. Green plants, pond woods, sods, &c.
require prepa rtIon to fit them for manure, ant
! if buried IN the soil, tho soluble matters. are
slowly dissolved, and the slow manner in which
they rot deconposc, prevents the loss of elastic
matter, owing to the want Of FREQ communica
ti"n OF air.
From proper consideration Of the above prin
ciples, wo may the utility Of sowing seed
raising plants, and blowing them into tho soil, tc
answer as manure for succeeding crops.
SEA-wEEDs, consisting of different kinds OF sea-
plants, arc extensively used as manure on our
sea-coast. Those who havo used this substance
as q manure, know that 1t answers for but a single
crop, which is easily accounted for from the large
quantity of water which it contains 1t is evident.
then. that sea- woods, manure, should be used
groom possible; fermentation destroys the
greater part of their nu,ritve qualities for tho
food of plants.
DRY STRAW, SPOILED HAY, CoRNSTALKs, ECT. IN
all cases useful manures. 1t Is customary
with farmers to rot these substances before
using them, by which means tho greater portion
Of thoir parts which soluble. is destroyed and
lost. Fermentation will render straw more
manageable manure, and whom intended for a
single crop, it is beor; but the soil is less improved
than il would be, if the whole of the vegetable
i,I, ft,o
soil dry. In this case il would rot in tho soil with
out any loss.
WOODY FIBRE. such tanners spont bark,
chips, saw dust, &c. seems to be the only veg
otable mattor which needs fermentation or rotting,
10 fit it 10 become vegetable food. These sub
stances very rctentive of moisture, and there
foro cannot be easily rotted without the assistance
Of some other substance which will Torment, such
as dung.
pnArrr rr-rrnrs, which roots Al nd ohio
vegetable substances, remain for years exposed TO
air and water, and yet will not heat and rot there
fore. such substances, in their natural state. can
not afford plants much nourishment. The best
mode of bringing such substances into matter fit
for tho nourishmont of plants Is to mix them
thoroughly with common barn-yard dung. Ono
part of dung is considered sufficient to bring four
parts of poaty mattcr into state fit TO DO applied
to land. The such mixtures heat. and the
moro readily it fcrmcnts, the better will It be fit
ted for tho purpose. If quantity of living veg
otable substances be mixed with the peat, the more
rapid will be the fermentation; because these have
great tendency 10 undergo this change.
NATURES FROM ANIMAL SUBSTANCES generally
require no chemical preparati to fit them for
tho soil. Tho great object of the judicious farmer
will be to blend them with the soil intimately
possible, 10 prevent thoir too rapid decomposi-
ton.
FISH forms very powerful manure in what
over state il is used. Fish contain all the proper
ties necessary for tho food Of plants, in very
soluble state, which accounts for their powerful
effects. The writer has most luXuriant
crop of corn, growing on poor. hungry soil
MANFRED with one small alcwive to hill.
BONES. of late years. have become favor:e
manure. particularly in England. Tho ground
which many bloody battles were fought during
tho wars in Europe. have been examined, and the
bones of the slain, horses and mon. carefully col
ected and exported by ship-loads to Great Britain
whcro they ground up nd applied rs manure;
melancholy and degrading illustration Of the
passion for Bone is formed of carthv salts,
tho principal of which arc found in plants. toga-
Their with fat jolly, &C., which accounts for its
powerful effects.
Urine has been long known as an excellent manure
All kinds of urine contain large quantity of the ee
ments of vegetables a of solution: but during the
of urine the greater part of soluble
destroyed the rcore should be used fresh posi-
be and mixed with earth water it is too strong to
form proper fold nourshment for plants
The dung Of birds among the most powerful manures
particularly such birds feed animal food, fowl
The which used extensively in South America,
a this kind: used particularly for In
dian The dung of birds has been but seldom used
this country, account of its scarcity: doubt it
might be found of the small islands
and from thence might be transported the
main land with profit
Night SOIL it is we'll known is powerful and
always contains abundance of those principles which
vegetable food The dsagreeable smell of night
soil may be easily destroyed by quick lime and exposed
the in thin layers, it soon drys forming
silly pulvezed and without smell In this state. it
article of ia France, under the name of pou
dyefte.
ypsum better disinfecting agent than lime
to of night soil int ded for it
absorbs ammonia, while the effect of lime is to set free
". E. Far.1
The dung of cattle. horses and sheep. contains large
quantity of matter soluble in which substances