The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-03-27
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9th OF November, from which we take
pleasure in presenting the following ex
tracts. We hope many OF these conference
or club meetings will be held by our lar.
mers during the present winter. We know
of no measure calculated to have more
decidedly beneficial effect than such meet.
ings, where, within the freedom OF the ire
side, each one gives the details OF his prac.
tice aud the results OF his experience. In
this way, much useful reformation IS impair.
ted, ard spiri, Of inquiry and investlga.
ton awakened, from which the most happy
results may be anticipated.
The meeting having been called 10 or.
der, Mr.. Brown, president Of the county
agricultural society, stated that The SUBJECT
10 be discussed was the preparation and ap.
pication OF mauures.
Mr.. B. has asceriaucd, by careful OBJ
serva,iou, that he has saved by hts ailen'
tion TO the saving and preparation OF ma
nutes more than sufficient TO pay his town
and county taxes. His plan IS 10 stable all
his cattle, and to litter his barn yard twice
week 10 winter with straw aud allow hl'
sheep and cattle, when gu. Of he 80 'e' %
run over il, and tread ! ID WIN 'he iha'
op,e they aeroslte on It. lie sPrinkles
plaster on his stable floors, and over his
ward in sufficient quantities 10 absorb all
the volatile portion Of the manure, SO there
is no smell arising from il whatever.
He cleans his yard in the spring, and
places the manure in heap under his shed,
mixing plaster with i plen.fully as Il IS
piled, except such quantity as he may
need for his hoed crops, winch he prefers
to take out fresh and plough il under. llr,
Brown finds that plaster, applied 10 his rna.
nure heap and his stables, has added fifty
per cent. 10 the strength and value OF his
manure. He sows paster over his bafn
yard once a week
Mr.. Brown has used salt as manure
with great benefit. lie sous /. broadcast
upon wheat and grass, at the rate Of three
to five bushels per acre. On grass lie would
SOW it in the iall-for wheat, tie would SOW
il Just before the whea, is sown. tie found
that three bushels OF salt to the acre on bis
wheat field, occlsioned an increase Of seven
bushels Of wheat to tie acre over that which
had no salt, The soil vas strong loan,
with stiff subsol!.
MIR. Sanford asked M Brown why he
preferred fresh manure ploughed under Tor
corn and hoed crop.
Mr.. Brown said he preferred it in this
state because II made the ground warmer
and more irlabe, and more enduring in lis
effects.
Mr. Sanford asked If more beuefs was
not derived lrom manure u2ed in this way
ln all cases
Mr.. Brown thought net, because on sowu
crops il brought to many weeds, and On
sandy soils il oached away.
Mr. Sanford id nol believe any soil
leached IN the sense IN which that term -
commonly used. Mr.. Van Rensselaer,, Of
Albany, had proved by careful experiment
that such could not DO the fact. He had
filed barrel wiki perfectly clean sand aud
turned on il water from the larm yard,
which was saturated with manure, aud had
found it always came through pure auI
lmpid, and on examination, lie had never
found the least trace Of manure lower than
one inch All half below The surface. THIS
proved . his mad that sandy lands did not
leach ia the scuse generally understood,
but that the failure OF manure on sandy SOIL
is owing TO the too rapid eyaPora!louot the
more valuable portions Of the manure, there
being no mineral substances 10 the sand 10
FIX aud retain gasses.
Mr.. j. b. Burnet vas inclined to credit
this theory. He thought the fact that all
complaints Of teaching we're SO suddenly
removed BY the application Of IighI de.
posiIe Of mari, or clay, d muck, was cor.
roboratiYe Of this theory. An uch or two
Of mari, or clay, or muck, spread upon the
surface Of q sandy soil, would not preyenl
filtration, certainly. But 1t removed the
complaint Of teaching invariably, and rem.
dered mauures on such soils etIectual and
durable. This result must be accounted
for by the sUpposi,ion that narl, or clay, Or
muck will fix the volatile portions 81 The
manure, aud prevent evaporation.
MIR. Chester Moses would state two fact,
which he thought conn,cted with this the
Dry. lst. He had always observed that
these sandy soils which had a stiff sabsoil
were more relentVe Of mauuEes than those
with loose subsoil. u. He know. that
the wells bordering on the Harrington ca.
nal were filled with the fG.ed matter Of
said canal, Notwithstanding there was
wide bank Of sand between the cauqI and
the wells.
Mr.. Ellis thought The latter fact might DO
explained by The supposiilon that the saad
had become saturated with the impurities
oil the water by long continued filtration.
Mr.. Sanford would remark, that, what.
ever objection might be brought TO Mr.
Van Rensselaer, theory, lhe experiment
he had described was d very simple one,
aud each person nigh. ny It lof himself
Mr.. Brown resumed the subject Of the
preparation Of manures, and remarked !ha!
he thought all manure should be sptlukled
with plaster es socn after its deposition as
is convenient. He bad a sewer from hls
sink through hls yaolt, which conveyed the
night soil. and suds and dish water to u re-
seryoT near bis barn, which reservoir he
kept constantly supplied with plaster He
found the manure thus made very valuable,