The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-12-16
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On Manure.

kbrous masses Iei IN the ground, green
veeetabl. substances chopped to pieces aud
dug in, and the black vegetable portions Of
heath or moor soil are, IN reality, man
ufes. Elrlhs proper, mely-alunnia
and clay, slick and sand, chalk, phosphate
OF lime, ADD metallic oxides are themselves
elmost iusolubs and can sci only or chief.
~, as the bed, or fundamental support Of
plants; or, TO speak more phllosophcally
the aboralory-where the interchange
between the laboFated products OF decom.
position and the roots Of the plant is car.
Tied on. These general truths are equally
applicable to garden and pot culture--,here
is no distinct on SO far, between the process
OF the florist, The amateur, the n1rseryman,
and market gardener. all are included there.
10.
Our present remarks will not apply 10
solid manufes The subject which claims
immediate attention being the application Of
liquid manure; q practice which appears
to extend with great rspldiiy. In looking
over the weekly publications on horticuI.
lure, we cannot but be struck wlth the earn.
est Recommendations o. faid manures and
as i, is more than probable that they tho
look fol correct information in such publ.
cations, will attach faith 10 the advice lhey
there meet with il becomes duty to in.
vesiigate the principles upon which this
practice is founded.
81. Knight, Of Downion, was perhap.
the 6rsi person Of authority 10 whose ad.
yocacy we may ascribe the introduction OF
liquid manure he employed p,geon's dung
stepped in water till the fluid acquired 0
brown tint nearly as deep OF that Of porter
and be remained firmly Of opinion, that
pines, melons ana grapes. we're much as.
sisted by a copious use Of ibis aiimeu, Be.
ing prepared from recent dung If tue dove.
cote, he obtained al once solution OF the
bile, the urea, and all the saline Ingredients
Of the excrela. Gardeners in general may
be presumed 10 have recourse, Of necess.
ty, to The brown drainage Of old du0ghdls;
but here the result IS WIDELY different at.
fair, because the mass having undergone
Fermentation, the gaseous and fund products
hago heen Ia'erchsngeaby aursced and
re f5yne1 nto new cLemical Combinations {
iaus, The urea has developed ammonia d.. Q
ring lie t-s ac.lse stage OF heal, the chief q
rlU O. 5lch passed iaIo the ar; poruon, g
hoseyer, as tbs mass coo's, would slok 10 F.
20 The laesr ysr,s Of the heap or be carried :
down By rain, aud become united with the :
black. carbon ed substance, which Is term 6
e6 hunic acid. and gradually ooz9 through
TIE tl'k, forming that brown fId which j. 6
SEGA N the waste drains aud p1ddies oil a
fa-m-yards.
The chsmica! elements disturbed during :
lie fermentation Of a manure heap arc ~. II
lbe oxygen and hydrogen con- "
L1e . produce water other~ise portions q
cl..!ag with carbon, yield aceuc acld and
CERTAIN saline aud dro earbonacecgs sub.
: a1-es i.,rate away leaving cold, black
e1sd mass, vbch constitutes Toe SPIT dung
G. She gardener; substance composed
chiefly % carbon and humus, 10 q condition
ht d 70 eyoys considerable quantity Of
CO bon'c acid.
Ina liquid drainage Is then weak con.
pound Of sails Of potash soda and ammo.
~ the 'ssl being united with so much Of
the humUs as TO give deep broan i,us to
tbs slols 70 appreciate the operation Of
th,5 iiQ4it, the chemical reader should est
q variety Of decayed vegetable matters: {
s4ch, l3y instance, as old Ieaf.mol.d, very
t.4-s hun1s manure, and the brown D. q, Q!
ngags sJl Dogs, By addiag a little a'kali 10
each or ihen. IL al ounce Of poat.bog Or
BACK manure be d-es'ed ia boiling rain.
wa.er, more t8an sufficient 10 cover the
material, ltlle color will, in general, be ox-
Hac'sd; bu. upon adding, drop W drop,
ral3 strong cGH5lc qnlnonIl, stirring with
strip or glass after each addition, the aIid
vii gradually become Of deeper foil
bosn; The pun-en, odar Of the Ammonia .
he ng destroyed illi it be aIded,o satuta-
ZION.
4 gain, very little or the broan heath
col. from some parts Of Surrey, beng 60
treated, viii give intense color 10 an ounce
Il ga1 o. water Pearl ash aud soda will
produce similar effects, bu. ammonia s 20
lie preferred. Persons s'e apt 10 conclude.
that 10 ,his bro.n coorng matter We must
ssCrbs The nulrluye qualities Of LIQUID ma.
nures; whereas N fact, tt ~ quite cgr'atu
that no one particle Of The color can euler
the spongoa Of sound Inaiauryed roots.
Nov, il manure.wster be weighed, and
then gradually evaporated a, gentle al,
10 dryness, the weight Of coIouug matter
vill be found to be very iT1ng; aud ye,
gardeners are 10 The habit Of adding much
water to This liquid, considering rlloo strong
for plants growing IN pots. Having thus,
by dllu,lon, reduced the uut 10 that Of pale
malt liqaor, -whs; activity cat be expected
from ~ Or # such liquid manure be Of
any avail at al, to what material can we
refer lts nu,riye effects, siace It is sd MT.
ted tha. the PARTICLES Of color, Minute a.
they must be, are slla too gross to enter
the pores Of The roois1
To answer these queries by farther ex.
pertinent, and thus gam a li,ls more HIGHT
upon the sal sc.--lel few grams Of p4a
dered quick nme be stirred INTO the % ore,
fad and Suffered 10 subside; after a few
minutes It vii be seen that she color Of rht
LIQUID Is iost tbat II ia. heroine urIra al,