Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-16
A GRICUL TURAL.
From the Baltimore American.

Pr''.>snr JOHNSTON. of England, On the Economical
Use # Bones a Manure and on their Solution in Su!
PIN ic .7cid"
Our horticultural readers are, perhaps even more fully
aware than he most farmers Of thi value Of bnes.-
Phosphate OF lime essential organic constituent in
me pear. and other fruit ees that good orchard
1T Or gardener will henceforth be guilty If the
gsarr Of ,rastng bones
The difficulty. however. hitherto experienced BY many
P"rsns has BEEN 10 bring the bpnps, easily collected upon
Every tar and abui every slauLh house. fiji
dllon FIR applyng 10 he land. Bone mills are only To
~ 'rnd here and there; and in parts Of the country
!. y an, dust has ossn :, s"dsa
saliy has been me lately by a cheap simple and
rtpii mo Of dssolrag bones by suphuric acid now
hrg"lv employed by English agricnltursts. The mode
u rf-cing this 81 To nneenhS of our read
er that extract the formula from Professor JOHN
METHODS ADOPTED FOR INCREASING THE
EFFECT OF BONES.
Without referring much the effect which bones
mg Theoretically be expected to produce, it has been
observed by practical that they may be made To act
more quickly aud benefcally by the adoption Of
cefarn previouS prrc buttons. sue as,
|. Reducing them to fine po,rdcr.-I have already al
drd t. The fact asrertalned by experience that the finer
III" pDwer, the netale and the sensible the
effect q bones. But practical afraid to
lure To- tar III diminishing the weight Of manure, added
70 the sill Bulk considered en er as element
into the tertIlzng capabilities of any substance. Many
leases the addition less Than 10 ~
bushels OF bones. when used alone raising urnlpS-
Bat under he guidance of SCIENCE both tenants and pro-
prtos will, by and BY learn estimate more correctly
what line crops really carry off, and what the sill there
tore requires. Thus strictly scientific economy will be
rsabl>ned. and Of any hing will be added his
fields than the farmer knows and understands be ne
ccsslry maintain them in of permanent ertili-
ly.
= Heating the bones-In s,me districts their action in
Fastening pwad the young tunip. and bringing quick
LII,
fs is increased by laying the bones in heap, and COW
eflng them with earth, for week DAYS before
They drilled into the land. Left in this state they
heat siten, and begin change decompuse; and thus
when laid in the drills near the seed they are ready To
furnish punishment to the young plant soon as the
roots fl ST thrust themselves downwards from the spruut
ing seed
5 termentng them ,cih dung or the same decomp,-
son is effected and carried further by mixing the bones
with farm yard mannre and leaving the mixture awhile
% trrmrni. 1t The result Of trials made by thirteen
ren persons. and which recorded in the Duncas-
Ter report, that given xes Of bones when mixed and
fernr1ed with farm yard manure, invariably produced
m're beneficial effect. than the weight Of dry
bone dust, applied the crop and upon the same
Tie advantage which results from these several meth.
eds, arises from the effects which they produce either in
diminishing The mechanical cuherence of the particles of
The bone, or IN altering BY nciPient decomposition the
chemical stale OF The organic uater curtains. None of
Them. however sufficiently effect these objecls though
do doubt that fine bone-d dust, fermented for two or
three months with farm yard manure, and occasionally
nrned would be Brought into condition. more near
~ approaching guano, its feizng virtue than an
other form of bnes which has hitherto been generaly
tmpl wed.
DECOMPOSING AND DISSOLvING BONES BY
MEANS OF SULPHURIC ACID.
bnt another mode OF preparing u,es has recently been
introduced and for two three years has been extensive
" employed as part of the ordinary husbandry espe-
caly BY Of the Scottish turner's. This mode con-
sI>,s IN depmp Sng and m"e less dssoiny bones in
snphnrc acid. Gil Of vitr') This may be dGre in
and the prepared bones may either be applied
liquid stat" with watering cart. may be dried and
sowd with drilling machine, broad cast, like ordna-
" hone rape dust
The bones the form Of bone dust, or where bane
mills hand. simply broken in pieces with
hummer. may be put into a iron, stone earrhprn-
ware st ong wooden vessel, mixed with half their
Wei N, Of fling water and then with half their weight
Of he strong oil Of vl,rn of the ships, stirring constantly
while the later is s,wy poured in A powerful bon.
IN 'akes place which gradually SUBSIDIES.
BY uccasiuna stirring, the whule assumes the appear
c thick PASTE The pieces Of bone gradually dsap-
and after week days the whole NAV be ia
ken ont and mixed with little charcoal POWDER charrrd
peat lust fine dry earth make il dry enough to
pass through the land. 1t would, however, be better to
prepare The bones least month before using them and
lay them up in heap while. with view to their more
perfect decpnp ~'n. When the pieces Of bone are
large this especially desirable Otherwise they will
ht De ihily decompoSed without larger addition both of
and cid.
b. Or the acid and bones above nav after couple
OF lays. he mixed with quantity of lig h friabe soil
and laid up ino heap fr or eight weeks with &c
ci-''nal tnrning The bones thus heated decompuse
and dry up 81 as to be ready f putting intn the drills
without ia her preparation. This method however re
CURES more acid. and it is unusual in employing it,
lake equal weights Of acid and bones |, may be- SINE
prae''al men. indeed. empty invariably equal weights
u ACID andb"nes. while others satisfied BY mixing the
.nes with onehird unefuurlh of their weight
ii acd. would myself employ not less than half
Or equal weights Of homes in the form of dust. of
boiling wafer and # acI may be fixed together aud &c
caslonay stirred for week days. and when the
PARTICLES of me have nearly disappeared, from so 10 100
tunes mTe water may be added the mixture and the
liquid hns diluted may be applied by water cart Lii,
Is to be used upon laud in the spring, young
earn. 1t will ne safer to dilute il with 200 waters but y
wates ny weigh will be enough If it is TO be applied
10 '"Ip drills. common watering cart used for ohe
iqnd manureS. will for the former purpose-for ap
ryng to The drills very ingenious addition of tubes
:" ms carl has been contriv-d by Mr.. Waysla and en-
f'ye" oy am under The direction Of the Duke Of Rich
noad at Gordon castle " $500
ms method applying the bones in the LIQUID form.
"o u'o, The most perfect but is also the m S, troub
es,.e ana expensive and may hot, therefore ,me 81
n mo general use, thou may u, nately prove the