The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-24
A PEW HINTS foR THE FARMER.
Written CT The Boston Olive Branch, BY II. d
White.

Written feF the Boston Olive Branch, BY II. ID.
White.
Stones should never be accumulated in
heaps in the fields. This Is a sloyenish
practice. II il far better 10 pick them IN
10 q cart. and convey them al once 10
some place where they viii occupy no
room thai might be pruliiably appropria.
ted, or The lines where they can be work.
cd into fence. Gond stone wall is valu.
able speries Of enclosure, being durable
and efficient. The soil occupied by stone
heaps. in arabic lands. would. il freed. pro.
dure enough TO repay, amply. the cost Of
their removal.
Compost-The business Of composing
may lie prosecuted al all seasons. Mate.
rails are always al hand-suth as rotten
wood. weeds, muck. straw, refuse hay.
old plaster. homes, decayed animal matter,
salt. lime. leaves. &C., and these the eco
nomical farmer will find time 10 accumu.
late and work over at almost any season.
II should always be remembered, that in
order that our crops may feed US, we
must FIRST feed Them. The more manure
farmer possesses, the more likely will
he be to succeed in his agresiic enterprises,
aud tile more extensive and permanent
will be the improvement Of his farm. No
one who has mol made The experiment is
aware of The quantity of manure that can
be made on farm, Al small expense, and
without al all infringing mon lis ordinary
resources. lf yon have field, the loca.
lion of winch admits Of that waller from
ponds. rivnleis or Springs being flowed
over lis surface, do not neglect To avail
yourselfofihis advantage. The wash from
The roads, in spring time. is repleie with
organic and inorganic substances, which,
in their application TO soils. are highly
salutary. especially To those in grain and
grass. Correct experimeniers have cal.
culated that the urine voided by our do.
nestle animals is worth equally as much
for agreslc purposes as the solid excre>
menis. But this valuable article from
want of care and attention, is generally
lost. During the spring and summer
months, cows, oxen and other animals ATE
yartled in enclosures here all the liquid
matters are LOST, in consequence OF no alb
sorbent materials being supplied TO take
up and retain them. By covering the
yard with muck, loan, or leaves, this loss
will be avoided.
Water.-li practicable, without loo
heavy an expenditure, provide an unlail-
ing supply Of water in your yards. Where
well cannot be sunk, and there are no
streams or springs 10 the vicinity from
which TO procure il without too ex0rbi-
tan, an outlay, supply yourself with ca
pacious cisiern, and have arranged sys.
tenn Of conductors, that il may be filled
and kept constantly replenished from the
roofs of your buildings, during storms.
This is most economical method pro-
viding Of supply Of one Of the most ne
cessary and indispensable articles required
in tile management of fam details. Cis-
terms, answering all The ordinary purposes.
are now constructed by first excavating
hole Of the desiled size. in convenient
place, and coating the sides with hydraulic
cement-lhree LAYERS only Of half an inch,
or one third Of an inch in thickness each,
being applied one after the other. as fast
AZ they can be made 10 harden, being sui.
licient 10 render the structure perfectly
tight and permanent. The covering may
be either plank OF granite, and the shape
Of the cislern shoull be that Of an egg
i the small end down.