Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-10

greater value a0ueu " III .'1.i.'! =
And lhus his Graughts upon tac uii!ini.cu md.
nuling riches OF the atmosphere. will tt accep'ed
and successful, in exac, proportion 10 me amount
ii manure or other aid 10 the productive power
OF his land. tina: his own Industry and care nave
furnished, An pian,s are thus supplied WIN al!
important portion of their food and support rom
the atmosphere This portion is ''ea'1P a., me
carbon received into their structures But plans
OF the pea tribe, and among them more especial
iy the red clover by their system OF broad lea'es
draw more from the atmosphere, and less IN pro
portion from The soil, for their nouTlshment, IMAM
any other plants and particularly the narrow
leaved plants. Hence The great and peculiar
value Of red clover and Of the field (or lndian)
pea as manuring crops, wherever tney nave s'''a-
be soil and climate.
According 10 The cases above supposed, 'he
farmer who applies his manure 10 corn 50 la %
il operates on that crop converts SO much OF MS
manurins capital 10 grain, which ne consumes
or sells. II applied TO clover, Inc operating
part OF The manure is as much as that BON u'eu
and wasted on the corn land, and moreover the
product is not consumed, but is re-lnvesiee aho
doubled in amour, as manure, within &c"
months; and all OF which accumulation IS ready
TO act upon and to feed the crop OF "heal'
which will he sown in October Of The same year.
And there is another case, Of practice ior
nlerly universal, and NO, yet entirely aoahc' u
ed every where, with which the comparison OF
advantages presents still more marked results
This practice COPIED from England, without re-
sari TO difference OF climate,) is the letting The
winter made manure remain in the bafn-yaru
through The summer, either undisurbed, or heap
ed, and thus still more violently and wasteiuIly
! fermened. In such cases, besides al the actual
and enormous destruction and total loss OF the pro-
| ducts OF fermentation, (the amount OF which loss
| | do not pretend TO estimate } there IS, Of inc re-
naming par which is saved, the loss oil years
nse and prof And the interest on this ca ital,
il properly used, would have been 100 per cent.
in carbon furnished from the atmosphere. It may
ne objected, that the use OF The harn YARD manure
thus KEEP, is Nc. lo9, always excepting me vast
Cd paIl,l bu, HAT the is merely postponed Tor
year This is true; bu; iftbc manure had been
OF clover, in Tie same time the amoun and value
would have been doubled; it would, in its new
form, (of clover,) and in doubled quantity, be as
fresh for recommended action the next year, and
as likely 10 continue acting for as many subse-
quent crops, as the reduced body Of barn-yani
MANURE Then frs applied.
According 10 inc views presented above, there
can he scarcely AM waste or loss Of The solid, or
even Of The liquid AMI soluble paris OF manure,
thus applied 10 clover. There is, however, one
er than on The same score when manure is
Tluughed under This is the escape c! The am
moria. and perhaps other volatile paris Ct Ter
ienlinc manure which. ii CT ammonia is evil
dent 10 the sense Of smell when The mass Of ma
nure is removed and spread on Inc land; and OF
which: the ESCAPE is the greater, in proportion TO
the richness Of re mass in animal mater, and 70
the advanced s,iis OF hol fermentation. Put this
escape of gaseous proiuels ceases with the first
slight rain lha, !alls after 'hc manure has been
spread; the volatile paris being taken up by The
water and carriei into he earth and 10 The roo,s.--
And even before ain may fall, AMI while the pas
sage Of tic gaseous produces continues, DO mol
believe The degree of loss thereby caused 10 hc
considerable, or Is compare III amount with 'hc
other kinds OF los attendant uron ohc- modes OF
manurine.
The main. ant BY far the most important,
grounds for pre!erras the application Of manure
on clover. have BEEN presented in the supposed
operations Of converting the greatest possible pro-
portion OF the manure 10 The food Of plants, and
putting il 10 that USE in the earliest possible time
and the better avoiting the waste OF ier,ilizire
principles. But, thc1gh Of minor importance,
there are other peculiar advantages OF this prac-
tice, well deserving attention. These will be
briefly stated.
The Flemish iarmes, whose practices in ma
nuring and improving ands have been SO long
and dcscrredly celebracd, aci in obedience 10 a
maxim universally received among them, that
manure should never hearPlied Immediately 10
grain crops, bul 10 olhe-' OF which ii ia desired
10 increase, moi the sccds but the whole vegetable
product They believe hal the early effects Of
rich pu,resceIt manure as mostly upon The saE
and leaf and much less u-on The grain. And, i
rhev are correc, in this o7inion, then tie benefit
thus aclnaIly produced Of grain crops may be
more in appearance Than -eality: or that, with :
rank and heavy growth .. slalk and blade, there
NAV be comparatively bu ,.tIe increase Of grain
following heavy and recent manuring. Ever.
farmer has Observed, On snots which had beer
very heavily dunced, that hc general growth .
wheat is as rank and uxurisEt as pos ible, though
the stalks are 100 weak 10 support the weigh. Q
the heads, aud The grain shdvelled and OF meat
qualify This Flemish maxim offers aDolhe
reason for applying The manure 10 clover. For
in that, The objec, is not 10 increase the quaint,
Of seed bnt TO add TO The growth oil the stalk an
leaf.
There is q great saving of labor Perhap
amonn,ng 10 one haifunder ordinary ciTcumslan
ces, in applying the manure 10 clover comparec
10 other applications If for corn, the 5reakin;
up OF The manure, for carrying il OUT, cannot wel
De done before lale in April. II much earlier re
moved, the coarse litter will no, have been in III
least reduced or weakened in texture, b. Inc be
ginning of fermentation; and. moreover, the catl
ought not earlier 10 be deprived OF any part .
their bed Of liter. Then let US suppose The re
lnuval OF The manure 10 the field 10 take place
Just before the lime for planting the corn on ih'
same ground, which is the usual and the best tim
for this application. Then, either The land, har
ing been broken up in Winner, will require III,
extra labor Of a second ploughing merely 10 cove
in the manure; OF, Otherwise, the P|oughing ha
been delayed, 10 be executed after the spreadin,
Of The manure. In the later case, The ploughing
BY being SO late, will usually be much more la
borious and less effective; and, as there is no tint
10 1at it is very likely 10 be done when The earti
is not in good condition. Or, II ploushed early
the cost Of repeating that operation will even b
exceeded by other attendant disadvantages. II
this case, The manure is hauled upon son plough
ed land, with great labor 10 The teams and some