Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-02-15
FREEMAN, MONTPELIER, VERMONT, 1874


stances, are brought and tipped off The
industry and care exhibited in the collec-
ton OF these materials is most commenda-
Bile, and in the course of the season their
accumulation becomes very important
There is deposit of swamp-muck, COW
ering several acres, from s to Is feet in
depth, within a lew rods of the barn. The
road is little descending all the way from
the swamp to the yards, and they are well
covered with muck each year, at little ex-
pense. A good coat is also spread over the
bottom of the cellar. This cellar was COM
menced some time after the barn was built.
1t has been enlarged, from year to year, by
throwing the soil under the barn back upon
the manure, in about equal proportions with
1t, at suitable intervals during the win
ter.
The yards are plowed and dug over sew.
eral times during the season, and more
muck, soil, lime or ashes are occasionally
added to absorb the gases, the bad and
unhealthy odors. From 10 10 ~ casks of
lime have been annually used in the COM
posts Judge Hayes thinks that so far as
the uninterrupted health of his family NAV
be considered a test in the case, the pru
dence and benefit of the practice, on this
score only, are fully established Early in
the spring the contents of the cellar are
overhauled, from end to end, which is
thought to promote all the desirable tlecom-
position before carting on the soil.
The horse-barn stands near the out bull.
dngs OF the house, and the manure is thrown
into yard excavated and walled up except
ing at the lowest end A stoned drain,
leading from the house to tins yard, with
considerable descent, conducts all of the
wash of the house and the night soil, on to
the horse manure, keeping it sufficiently
moist to prevent too rapid iermentation.-
Muck, soil, &c, ale occasionally added,
and three or four hogs are busily at work
amongst it. Should the drain at any time
become offensive, there is an abundance of
water at hand to flood it and remove all i'm
purities. The horses stand upon several
inches Of tan bark, which has been prev-
ously exposed to the atmosphere for several
months. After becoming well saturated
with thcil urine, it is thrown out with the
manure, and is thought to be a good mate.
rial for the soil of the lowland meadow.
Judge Hayes related an interesting ex.
ample, in the case of neighboring farmer,
of the advantage Of a careful collection of
materials to be converted into manure. A
young man came into possession of poor
run down farm at the death of his father
Being Of an enterprisiLg turn, and desirous
of bringing up thehome stead to a more pro.
ductiye state, he applied to the Judge for
advice as the kind of husbandrv to be a.
dopted. He was told to collect materials
for increasing his manure. To cover the
yards and litter the stables with the best
material he could command and if nothing
better could be procured, to take sand or
gravel or at any rate something,-to alb
sorb the liquids and gases of the manure
f~.', 'he -a''e'. - 7he n,rn. oTordod no
muck, the young man commenced by cart
ing turf and soil from the roadside The
stables were sprinked with loan daily to
absorb the urine. When this resource failed
he carried turf and soil from the lots In a
few years he was enabled to more than
double the stock and dairy produce of his
farm, through the increased productiyeness
of the fields, aud this again increased the
facilities for making manure. His farm is
now productive, and with ease he lays by
handsome sum annually from the products
of his dairy
The PIGGERY.-The excellent arrange.
mentS Tor the swine, and the ingenuity of
Judge Hayes in his manufacture Of ma.
nure from this source, are so much better
disciplined by himself than we can do it,
that we quote his own remarks =
" My hog sly is seventy feet long and
seventeen feet wide, There is an aisle on
one side, and seven partitions for hogs on
the other. A place for dressing the hogs,
and Kettle for cooking their food are in the
centre. Doors arc so placed that the swine
may be removed from one apartment to the
other, and to the area for dressing them
There IS row Of yards on the side of the
stye, one for each apartment. The doors
leading to these yards are hung at the top,
so as to swing either way, and thus the
hogs may go in or out at their pleasure,
and always have their doors, when desirable,
closed after them These doors should be
made OF plank Of double boards, to render
them so heavy that the wind will not keep
them open in cold and stormy weather.
The hog is proverbially called dirty ami.
NAL. This depends very much on his eda-
cation If he has been brought up with
dirty habits, he will continue in Them I'M
less great pains are taken to change them.
But ON the contrary if he has acquired good
habits, he will endure great suffering to
avoid filthy action. Hogs in this land of
barren soil are especially valuable for max
ing manure. | could never obtain much
advantageirom the roofing ofwell fed swine;
but the quantity of urine they discharge is
very great and valuable. 1t is very impor-
taht tlat the excavations of the hog should
always be deposited on the manure heap
II they are discharged in the stye or in his
nest, they will be principally lost Now by
observing the regular habits of this animal,
and taking little pains, bad habit in this
respect may soon be cured The confined
liog always goes to a wet place to make his
eVacuatlons. If then you wish the hog to
Ghange his place for doing this, dig small
hollow place in the manure heap, and keep
1t wet for few days by turning in water
occasionally; at the same time make the
place clean and dry which you desire the
hog to abandon.
The hogwil then probably go to the wet
place IN the manure yard to make his de-
posts but if he should not do so, tasten
him out from the sty for few days, so tha!
he shall be compelled to go to the desired
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