The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-11-02
A FEW HINTS roa THE FARMER.
Wris.sa for The Boston Dire Brunch, BY
II. ID. White.

| A FEW HINTS TOR TIE FARMER.
Wriaea for The Boston Dire BraD,h, by
II. ID. White.
Stones should never DO accumulated IN
heaps ia the fields. This is q slovenish
practice. Its far better 10 pitch them IN.
10 a cart, and convey them al once to some
place where they will occupy no room that
might be proflably appropriated or the
lines where they can be worked into fence.
Good s,one wall is a valuable species OF
enclosure, being durable and efficient
The soil occupied by stone heaps, in arabic
lands, would, il freed, produce enough to
repay, amply, the cost of their removal.
Compost business Of composing
may be prosecuted at all seasons. Nate
rails are always at hand-such as rotten
wood, weeds, muck, straw, refuse hay, old
plaster, bones, dscsyed animal matter, salt
lime, leaves, &C., and these the economl-
cal farmer viii fad time to accumulate and
work over al almost any season. Ii should
always be remembered, that, in order the!
our crops may feed Us, We mus, first feed
them. The more manure farmer posses
se., the more likely will he be TO succeed
in his sgresiic enterprises, and the more
permanent will be the improvement, Of
his farm. No enc who has not made
the experiment il aware OF The quantity
Of manure that can be made en- q farm, al
ANAL expense, and without stsll infringing
upon its ordinary resources. II you have
field, tho location Of which admits OF that
water from ponds, rivulets or springs be.
ing fllued over It's suffice, do no. neglect
10 avail yourself cf this advantage. The
ws.h from the roads, in spring time, is re.
plele with organic and inorganic suesian'
ces which, in their application 10 soils, are
highly sslutary, especially to those IN gram
and grass. Cofreci exPerlmeniers have
calculated that The urine volded by cur
domestic animals Is worth equally as much
for sgrestic purposes as the solid excfe'
ments. But this valuable article from
wan, OF care and attention, IS generally
lost. During tho spring end summer
months, cows, oxen and other animals ate
yarded in enclosures where 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
bs avoided.
H'sfer. II practicable without too bea-
w so expenditure, provide an untal'ng
supply Of waisr IN your ysIds. " hete
veil cannot be sunk, and there are no
streams or springs in the vicinity from
who 10 procure It without 100 exorbltani
an outlay supply yourself with capacl'
Gus cisiern, and have arranged system OF
conductors, thai il may be flied and KEEP!
constantly rcplenshed from the roofs Of
your buildings, during storms. This Is
most economical method Of ptovising
supply Of The mos necessary aud indlsPen-
sable article required in the management
Of farm details. Cisterns, answering ell
the ordinary purposes, are nov construct
ed By first eycsvaliog hole Of the desired
size, in convenient place, and coating
the sides " iih hydraulic cemenl-tbreel lay.
ers ony OF half an inch, or Que third OF an
inch in Thickness each, being applied one
after tho her, as fast as they can be made
10 harden, being sufficient TO render the
structure perfectly tight aud permanent
The covering may be either plank or ara
mite, and the shape Of lie cis,ern shou!s be
iha, Of an egg-lhe small end down.