Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-12-05
Rules for the AppIicatioa Of Ma

nure. O.,
The following article, from the wri,in.
Of Won Thaer. is copied from the Piong'
the Loon, and the Anvil
We much question whether ore farm
nst Of a hundred ever entered INTO an
calculation To infnrm himself. about th
weight Of given measure Of INA nnre
vet how, without such calculations, CO
he tell wheiher bis cati'. are over or un
der.loaded, or hi. land over or u9de,
dunseds Is there any BUSINESS On ih'
earth conducted with so little preisnce t
exaciness. as that Of agriculture. But hCv
can il be otherwise, when there Is, for il
no pre,ence Of education, or sy s'e"at'c ac
counts Of anything-when. in Gac,,'he ide'
is tha, any fool may make farmer.
The real value OF manure is increased
by the fac. that it progressively augmen'.
,iseIi. .and that, besides the produce j, Weld.
AN extra quantity of msnure will. il prop
erly bestowed never fail to produce The el.
emen's Of II fresh supply. 50 that it vii
soon be possible to cul ivate those plan'S,
successively, from which the largest sun
Of money may be realized. On the other
hand. the manure dimioishes in like pro
portion. il scarcity is allowed to be E.l,, ,,and
an immediate and suitable remedy be not
found and applied. Oae of the con-equen
ces Of scarcity or dininui'i IN Of manure
is scarcity Of straw and when there Is
intIe s.saw or fodder. li,,ie dung can be Oh
tanned. and thu. ,b- suau,iry Of manure
progressively d~indies away until the soil
becomes totally exhausted. %
However expensive it may BE- io besiow
this first quantity Of manure on soil which
has been impoverished. there certainly is
pno capital better employed than that
which is expended in this manner.
The usual load Eos wagon drawn by
four horses is thiry-six cubic feet Of >talle
manure, half reduced, and 10 the state in
which il is usually applied to the land 10
this stale, tIIa. is 10 say. when The straw
has become soft and disorganiz-d. without
being wholly decompo.ed and the dung is
moist yet moi very wa'ery,a cubic foh Of il
will weigh 56'b:.; therefore load oI 3 feet
contains 2,Ol6 lbs., which. for the sake OF
obtaining round numbers. we ~sl reduce 10
1000 pounds. Where the rnads are good
and The weather favorable, This load may
be increased; but. as period Of fine wea-
,her is seldom chosen for carrying manure,
this quan,iy will in general be found 10 be
olrrably correct.
II the straw is not decomp osed or altered,
q cubic foot closely packed will MT weigh
more than 40 pounds; and iu this case the
volume or siza Of the Iuad 10 increased md
contains from IS to Is cubic fee, Of man.
ure.
When eight Of these lnads are disirbu-
ed over an acre oi Iund, il IS Considered
hat good covering has ben given. Each
square perch then recrives 80 pounds Of
and each square foot nearly six
bounds. II only five OF these load, bs al
owed for each acre, as is gcnerally the
:ase, it is said then that the ground has
been slightly manured. and each square I
'erch receives about IS pounds. And last
y. il IL loads are spread over each acre,
which must never occur where cereal crop.
ire to be grown, I've Of course do no. in
.lude Indian corn.) unless the land ha.
,een completely exhausted, then the ground
> said to have received aa abundAn, ms-
bring.
|, is customary to allow only ope.halI
he weight and quantity Of manure above
when the manure is derived en-
irely from sheep, because the effects which
produces are at once greater aud more
prompt. bur less efficacious in poin, o., du-
ability. ,t... |
The periods OF these manurioe. occur
very three. four, six or nine year,. The
more frequently applied, the slighier they
ire; and The l"neer the intervals, ,,he more |
bundani mus, the manuring be. Thus j,
> recessary to take into accouo, not only
he quantity 10 be laid On ., each time, ,bo,
he number es tines to be repeated.
Las. week, the funeral parade 10 honor
{ Gen. Worth. ca. Duncan, and Maj
'stes. engaged the attention Of the citizens
{ New York. Tho military we're oil
ut in their best attire, the flses Of the
hipping were n hall mast. The concourse
{ people and the procession was attended
nth the most solemn and imposing page
ntry, aud extended for moro thsn q mile
nd half. An eloquen. ora,ion was de-
we'd in the Park BY John Van Buren.