The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-03-02

nor air Stacked, should ever be mixed
with this kind OF manure. The latter
can do no good, the former too will dc
very great injury to it.
II The above directions are short bu
they have at least the merit of being
easily understood and carried out When
performed they are perfectly efficient to
preserve this valuable substance from the
slightest loss. There is a much mooted
question at present as to whether this
manure should be ploughed in with crop
or applied to the surface.
There Is, and can be no general rule
on thus subject. To some crops it can
not be applied in this latter manner.
The mode OF application also depends on
the degree of rottenness which the ma
nure has undergone When it is much
decomposed and where its action is de-
sired Immediately as on tobacco or corn,
It is best to mix It thoroughly with the
soil Even when not thoroughly rotted
it is best to plough 1t under for tobacco
Tobacco land may be SO MANFRED as al
ways to retain ITS capacity for raising
"bright tobacco" such as is now produ-
ced on virgin soil soils or "new grounds"
alone.
One of the most respectable planters
IN this State, by following out dlrec-
tons based on scientific principles, has
assured me Of the decided advantage ex-
pericnced both in regard to the quantity
and quality Of his crop. Advantage
tested by the growth OF the article on
land adjoining and prepared with great
care in conformity with long established
usage.-Whe hen it is not we'll rotted it is
best to apply 1t to clover preceding the
wheat crop which is to be sown.
! shall be able to publish some very
valuable comparative facts on this sub
ject during the present year which will
give much valuable practical information
| can now state, however with full con-
tidence, that unless this manure be very
thoroughly decomposed 1t should never
be ploughed IN for wheat, as it will al
ter the texture OF the sol and make it
less productive for this crop. Wheat
delights in close compact soil. Stable
ana barn yard manure; not we'll rotten
ed, will make the soil porous and thus
injure it. For Indian Corn, thi, obec-
ton does not hold good, and where the
land intended for corn is stiff, it will de-
rive benefit from this manure being
ploughed IN with the soil.
Besides affording all of the necessary
food for plants, the straw litter, &C. in
this manure during its decay impr.g-
mates rain water with carbonic acid
which renders It a much more powerful
solvent OF all the minerals in a soil.
A great pat ofthe good effects q
green crops when used for manure, such
as clover, peas, &C, is also due to this
cause. Every substance capable of be-
ing rottened when covering lana, not un
ly prevents the evaporation OF the water
which falls and thus keeps it moist, but
also furnishes to the water carbonic acid
thus enabling it to disintegrate and
dissolve the PARTICLES of soil.
Besides this, the clover or anything
else when il rots, return to the soil all
the constituents necessary to its own
growth which it had extracted. Upon
these three causes and none other de-
pend the action of this class of manures.
To the barn yard or compost heap
should be added scrapings from the woods
the contents of prlvies Zone Of the most
powerful of all manures) and whatever
the experience Of farmers have shown
them to be valuable. A small quantity
added daily will in the course of sea-
son make a very large heap and more
than ten times repay all the cost and la
Dor of collecting It. Dead animals
should never be suffered 10 lie exposed
in the air. A common sized horse or OK,
if when dead, be covered over with
earth, made moist with oil of vitriol d.
luted with ten or twelve times its bulk
OF water will make enough manure to
produce at least thirty bushels of wheat.
The oil of vitriol will not only arrest
all Of the volatile compounds formed
from the animal undergoing putrefaction
but also cause them 10 be formed more
quickly. When the decomposition of
the flesh of the animal is complete the
whole heap covering it should be dug
down and applied TO the land. If the
bones be not dissolved or decomposed
they should be placed in some conve.
nient place to be dealt with as is direct
ed under the head Of bone dust.
Hon. Hahn G., FremOnf.