The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-02-28

Z fnurs. The chl6tiiie al time ar,d asbSnata
|; Of soda made by slac king three buslisls
OF shell lime, ho, from the kiln, with oiia
bushel of ton1rl lon salt dissolved In water.
Comn1on salt being comp posed Of Chlorine
and soda, tho lime conb binea With The
chlorine, FORMING chloride of lime. fWhitth
in lurn receives ca rbUnlc acid from the
aimospi aud becomes Cd rbohnte Of so.
das This mass shonid be turned over ev.
cry other day fSf ten days, 81 the eld Of
which time il il read for use. -Four
bushels OF this mixture thoroughly divided
through one cord ofmuck, will decompose
itpcrffctly in ninety days in winter, and
in a proportiona,tly less time In sum.
iner.
When this muck ca1no, readily epro-
cured, any other organic mattel will ali.
iswer the samc purpose; pond scrapings,
river mud. decayea ileaYes. or even head
luntls with one-t twentieth its bulk of stable
snanure, ortweeds, will answer well. iss Is
MY stablcs are arranged thus: under
the oxen, cows, de-; The earths il removed
TO, tho depth ofaightcan inches, ma king q
space capable Of holding half cord ''oC
muck. for each aninal.' The. muck In
covered at night with salt hay for bed,ling,
and tho liquid manure yoidetl by the cut.
tie h absorbed bytih muck and rapidly
dccomposes It. This decomposition Is ns.
sisted by the warmth Of The animal while
sleeping upon the bedding. The solid
manure Is removed from the bedding each
morning, and, after being mixed with
twenty times IFS bulk Of muck..is placed
under cover The muck sconiaining the
fluid PORTIONS of The manure is removed
evcry fnnr Days, and is also placed under
cover; after tnn days the manure heap is
turned over ami We,,ed with weak solution
Of ni,ra,e of sodn, after which i, IL permit,
isdaoremai until sufficiently decomposed
for use-thirtye dnys. i, q e.
All the weeds Of the farm are daily
thrown into The hog pen, and the hogs ure
induced to root among them, for food 10 obta-
in which they keep the weeds in continuous
motion until decomposed. about o,,ce in
ten days the pen is ernpiied. and after
sal'ing the weeds to prevent the possibili-
~ ot their again terminating, they are
mixed with twenty times their bulk tof
mnck, and four bushels 10 tho cord Of salt
aud lime mixture, al,d placed nnderroser
where The mass rendily hcnts, and. after
twenty Days, is ready for use ~ Ss:i,l
Re rpanl res- with the pccnsipppi
use Of special issnsauEe for rscfaas, seleesed
tzwfff refercfo6 10 their chenilcal 4 comps.
tents MS compared with tho rec qiliremeni1o
tho plant desired 10 be raised, Gnnsiirutr the
manures used. ..t,-
The amount OF manure am enabled 10
make by the above rne,iols, and the nssis-
tauce ofsix oxen, three cows three horses,
aud twenty hogs. is about fifty half cords
per week. at.
The subsoil p'ow is no less important
than sutficiency Of manure, and without
It's assistance no great results can be- Oh.
,nihctI.
The cnpaci,y fsoil TO perfect vegetables
ls prccisely inproporiion To the quantity of
it's particles presented to tile hc,ion Of the
atmosphere for oxidation, and no, one Of
The most Uncomfortable USES Of manure in
TO lcavc space BY Els decay for the utmis-
sion Of the atmosphere.
To bring about these conditions deep
blowing is necessary, and TO avoid bring.
ing subsoil ofa sterile quality to the sur.
face, while disintcgrating to grea. aeplh,
the subsoil ploW must be used.
My surface plow may be used to turn
furrow of any depth between four and
twenty inches, the depth Of action being
regulated by the guide wheel. We al.
ways use this pIow at ono inch greater
depth than the thickness of surface soil;
thus, the Plow is set fifteen inches. One
inrh Of the subsoil is thus brought 10 the
surince at each blowing, and by the action
of the sun and atmosphere is gradually
converted into lon,n. h s.
The sliI,ao,l plow ibllows in tho bottom
OF the ihrr'W left by the surfnce plow, and
is usually set Mt not less tl,nn seventeen
inches; This ptdw is SO conatrhcicd us 10
throw up nothing, but merely to tlisinicg.
rate the, soil at this great depth, replacing
II where taken from without mixing il
will, surface soil. The advantages bey-
ond ihe admission Of atmosphere, are, TINT
in dry weather the roofs can pass down
below the suns more immediate action
and obtain moisture, and in wet weather
the roots can pnss down through The Sub
soil cut. 1.-the lnid is thus kept free
from excess Of moisture it can never be-
come cold or sour. After ono thorough
subsojI blowing the lnnd can be worked
for much less expense, and is ready for
use ut an earlier date in the spring.
My seeds being all planted by drill
harrow, and the rows Of plants consequent.
tIy equi-dis,unt from ench other, they can