Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-09-06

MANI RING.

me neglect manifested n Virginia aad the surround
'Ws o.''s ~ inc snl9ee' OF hauuring Is really a matter
ii epfl"us dsefyait'n. We have SEN lsinu about The
stables, &c.. OF farmers WHO " cre cnmplai5in, f1ai th@i,
'"nas were worn out. piles Of manure sufficient To rep,yaie
hefts oil 'heir barren red gully land. L. other eunn,r,,.
those piles would he turned 10 use and moi urly .onl1
'''es DC used, but the farmer would resort to every
."eaas ~ ms power 10 increase them. by purchase and
'a'liag from Il distance, aud by artificial creation Wb,i
They pay high prices for, mi. Iii be obtained r,n,r,ra,;ra
~ ior Dothing about many towns in Nuuini, hn, nL.n
n"i iiah'efs VIII mol use that " Which is kinp nr,und ,b,i,
"'ois, now can we expect them 10 90 farther for il From
s"s u ien, u hleipr sing spliti II Is that we see 81 mucl,
ashd III our part OF the World, rood for nothing NJ p,
yIhce, however, that this Is moi the ease win all I'm,
readers VIII have seen from the communication in o,r
~ That there are th.ae in our rro,,p WIN no
'o"N'"o'" " lhe necessity ii rsariing 10 The main G,re
- manure TO bring their soil back to ~profinble c,nd,
hon' ahu VINO are willing 10 make nse of artificial means
70 procure II. We hope those who have need nj i VIII
yrofi ny our correspondents al, ice. and we make llr
following extracts from a letter Of the same character
i'"ns,i'ed 10 . late number Of the American Farmer
ally Dag iarmef friends say they have moi lime IN
RAISE manure. Well, ! entered iat1 ihe sam, calculation
with them That propose here: | cultivate about twrnl,
hefes ahhuaily, ana suppose they cultivate 6Gly-allou
ing ,"o acres j day Tor a team IN flush mp. Here fifteen
DAYS arc saRela ri The outset 10 haul material Tor manure
-inake a raieablo allowance Tor each salsooneni cult
walton OF the corn crop. foT instance. and if 6ror,s An,
re, common sense viii indica e that time enough will b.
glIne'' To put on the twenty acres more than doulI, Tia,
quantity Of vegetable matter than there WAS ON the fl =
"cies' anu consequently The TWEEN y acres will produce as
lnach as Inc nifty. Again the balance Of HE land /. rest
ing. and HE Farmer is on the arch fr llpse materials
10 manufacture manure. which IN his biz flrmino h, had
'ci'her energy 10 hunt for, experience t. anal,ze, or time
to accumulate. Bat the question is often pu, to me
tfaseiy, no" do Yen make 81 much manure? Where
90 sen get The nialeriai} answer. by asking n question
III iurn-a 1ankeelstn. BY the way. we eould pro(it
inaeh ny a lie" more y ankpeisms. ask, why do Won
lake down your old fences and haul of the head lands
bu, 10 get HE deeayed vegetable matter which the wind,
al Heaven have blown thus in rari. and ubicl, lyin,
there exposed 10 the decaying inflneuce Of lipht. heal
a.d moisture, is prepared by nature for your crops}-
liaVe you not the SANE material IN your woods. branche,
ald swamps?
deem II pruper to say that with the mate rails | ac
cilinuiile, make enc or two composts in summer. ON
Tue neid Intended for cprn the succeeding year. surround.
ing the heaps with a COW pen, and penning my cattle ON
HEN from Jnne 10 November. then begin 10 haul
marsh mud, salt. las ! have it on my farm.A into my barn
gard, and VIVA. with the stable manure | get through
The winter, which is spread evenly over the marsh mud
and subsequent accuInulalions Of old ditch b nix. nine
skaters and wood mould, get up 10 my ayeraoe mum
inr OF loads as above stated. By the way, before close
ms, VIII mention a small matter my wife, who
Iride- herself upon her neatness Of housekeeping. often
complained that she could not make the servants keen
The ground around the quarter clean, there was always a
bad smell about there-l SION found out the secret-the
servants We're in the habit of throwing The slap sud. and
dish water near the door, and seemed to lnAuriate in the
fragrance Of their decomposition. Well. Nh. Editor. |
preferred to put this to a more profitable purpose, so |
see my cart into the woods, had dozen ads of mould
hauled to the very spot where the e~rnptyings were made.
Rounded the heap up nicely with a basin in the centre.
ahd told my servants To plnr their suds and dish water
there. These spread through the heap and made me.
by occasionally mixing the mass. as productive a bed ui
manure as desired; this being hauled OUT two or three
lines a year. gives me from twenty to thirty loads a
year. he emptyings from the chambers are carried
through the same process a lille further from nv dwell.
lug. and thus almost iffsensibly ! make manure enough
to dress an acre Of land. Since | adopted The above plan,
have had no complaint from my better half. and give
my servants a .purer air and save a DOCTORS bill. perhaps.
did not write this communication uader The idea
thai there was any originality in anything contained in
~, but ihjn9hi perifapSs me one might catch an idea
tfam IT, lniced, MI. Editor, Do mi know that yol