Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-05-31
AGRICULTURAL.

MANBRES.
Mr.. Efior.-On this inexhaustble subject much has
haen written, but yet Tie subject has been Of lille
practical benefit To farmers generally. The mere en-
Igh'ened a.d reading part uurbrehren have for some
time been IN possession Of cts ging show the uti
or utter WaS'. NJ manures when treated in different.
ways therefore il tome that your correspondent
IN tie January number might have preaced his inqui-
rIes by t-. what is ihe hst method IF PREPARING manure
for apl ratI M land before and Alter seeding As M
has failed ID Ibis. Will inquire m him. for it seems to
me that here is t.a starting p5in To rs first III
curry list. nv ny is tl4t farmers differ So much in
regard to the application mauqros Have not care
tul experiments proved that manure does or does not
sink Z" Now, suppose culr subscriber would hot pa-
ply lbs manure alS. ~ All plants Ibis would be irle
qnacA'h, Woud Ur.t! we are t. treat the sJ as
doctor would IBIS ptfient.-Fuf instance. when t. u BAL
tent IS in state Great weakness he should be st i'm
ula.eI If very weak and about sinking We mus, in
tr0duee aur remedies bv every way practicable He would
be poor dnror who would bleed his patient when in
state If a9St- or vonit him when he diseased
with Asajc cholera. Just 50 the farmer who apDips
his manure in liquid state in June or during the sum
miner season. instead ofapplyng it the surface in the
spring and last VI the winter n .hs Ut turning It under
as some do. The d ct say thaan Injection If tartar
emeilc VIII vOmlt the patient, and we know that ma
nure buried thIee " fur inches deep viii act on the
plant under which it is pHced The tartar Will lct sam
er BY tile month and in less quantity than bv .ctila
but 1t purges IN both instances s. tdepauds N what
we are called upon 70 prescribe how We.w.l arply the
le"'uy' I VI Whta supp = your manure. ~ the fall,
ana your wheat having cnen a warm snell IF weather.
Tie manure mixes with the s,i and stimulates NV
plant 10 shoot off, Int the chilling effects If winter
come ~. ana While tile earth IS Blowing cald the ma
nnre IS flowing hot bn as.heat is ary for the ma
nne 10 continue It's action in such degree as to keen
oil The cod) The long winter nights and rainy freezing
days soon get The upper hand and your wheat looks as
II It has been scalded. Then there is lust 50 much ma
nure wasted as it took to put the wheat in this condition
$" tar as appearance goes Some Of The opinion that
the wheat Is better calculated stand the cold weather
ny THIS heating process. prefer the plan of tup.dressnu
in the month Of February As the spring comes on and
the frequent showers descend the manure is dissolved
and enters the sl and the plant feeds on it and com
Inences growing, the sun has more effect The DAYS are
longer and Tie nights shorter. Here then we have
ar, heat and moisture. These elements the chemist
says are necessary TO produce decomposrn and there
fore necessary to the growth Of plants As or the corn
and cotton and tobacco crop prefer have the manure
buried some twJ or three inches deep.-The season is
then far advanced and ma.ure would evapJate more "a
Tdly ~ the surface YOU then are On the side that
manureS evaporate, eXcaims one have little patience
says another he recommends tuI~dressny-that in
sstent, says third Hold awhile kind friends ana
hear ne through. believe. then, that manure may be
applied on the top surface when there grain crop
because The wheat grow up soon enorrh 10 Shade
and prevent the evaporation: because when manure i
not protected when wheat arises sixty degrees Fahrpn
het or i'urdegreeS above temperate that all volatile
substances assume The gaseous form very rapidly parc
ton Of some Of The supf3tas II rn ba.a .,fr iii 4
no danger of volatile inrredsnf s;nIiNr rLa.e
part IF all manure that d-es MI sipl snJ robinr
prevent il. Il sinI,s mi IL srb AIM ut, odu
tered of no use to manure fo which, - ,e"-
sed part But. fortunately fr tbe f,rnar
it in abundant sota ard .nssi, n|alae u'S
] mean wator Iba III 80 lSu
SOIL and perhans verv Es in, ,, oo'i =, ..le
larv IN liz ht. sandy anJ NTH ,nd i H.
turning up the subsoil. and o.ner-I Gesn l,tinr ,
Shallow poughing speedily Tender, such T,Id ytbn9,
constant supply~of manure sterile. Mn IanJ ,r;tb
clay subsoil is not much benefited w dasn rII na
| mean turning ND the su5siI All Ind tT,1 5ns ~
surface W.T. If eight inches dsap sloud IL n,eI ~ liz
depth Of lie anil and ca7 .,vI, M - Witt It'll N lii
ploughng but other land hal better, b. maJ5,a5 NJ
turning Up MT lan Half an inc. cf the subsaiI
which by exposing .he salts therein cirt3y4d w thl i,
TIN # external Influences oa becomes changed 10 Viii
But have dwet sufficiently lonr: ,nigbt et,r On
elaborate discussion VI Till question and iarrodu,e iii
Of distinguished names. bnt fTbear. The conclusion