Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-03-10

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with your barnvard and stable manure. to-
ge,her with two bushels of ashes, to every
90 loads of the compost, layer and layer a.
bout, and YOU will add two-thirds more to
the quantity ofyour manure, without less
enlng It's active properlies,-so that by foi-
lowing our advice you will be able to do
Justice to your crops, they be increased IN
quantity as we'll as money value, and the
result will be SO fattering to your interests,
as that, hereafter, you will learn the import
ance OF attending 10 what, upon the sur
face, may appear as small matters, snd come
to the conviction that has long since i'm
pressed itself upon our mind, that prosperi-
,y can only be the 10, Of that sgriculluris.,
who husbands and converts TO active use,
every thing on his farm that can, by proper
admlx,ure and management, be transformed
into food for his crops. s..-
.Accumulation of yManu,e.-As farmers in
the interior have not the same facilities of
procuring Guano, and other highly concen-
trated animal manures, as those who live
near the mediums of cheap transportation,
and as there may be others, who may not
be able 10 buy them, it shall be our business
which, if availed Of, as may render such ex-
penditures unnecessary.
Those who have woodlands attached to
their farms, whether they be hard d-wood,
or pine lands, may, by exerlion, increase
their quantity of manure, al q very ,rifing
expense beyond the labor of collecting and
composing, for, if with every two loads Of
wood's-mould and leaves, they mix one of
stable and barn-yard manure, and add
bushel Of ashes, bushel Of plaster, and
or 2 bushel Of salt, to every 20 loads; mix
the whole together, layer and layer about,
leave i. in bulk few weeks, they will have
a compost equally ferlilzing, and more last
ing, than would be the barn-yard manure by
itself. We say this not because it is jusli-
fed by theory. but, because, from experience
we have tested the truth Of what we say.
Marsh mud, river mud, road scrapings, ditch
scrapings and all kindred substances, treat
et IN the same way, will prove equally good.
But, be the substance wha, it may, that msy
be thus mixed, i, should be lef. in bulk long
enough to excite the incipient Stage Of de-
composition, as that is essential to bring in
-.,>~.i.4., An.nAA1a4- 4-na.ua.a--nf-h1aaliaa-
have named the advantage Of the treatment
we recommend, and the property of dispenc-
ing food to growing plants will be restored,
as the recupera.ive principles, ,hough ,may,
by the force of circumstances, slumber for
years, can, by proper appliances be restored
10 vigorous action, as il is consonani with
the laws Of nature, that all things which
ever had life, is competent to reproduce it.
This has been happily verified in the man.
agement Of peat, substance, which, though
i, may have lain buried in the earth for CEN
.uries, by sdmixure with few bushels Of
ashes, 2 per cent. of potash, or ammonia, or
one-.hird its own volume of horse, or cow
dung, or any other animal manure, can bs
! converted into an active fertilizer. So would
dead horse or COW if cut up and compost
ed with 20 loads of such materials, in five
or six weeks conver. the whole into body
of The most fertiizing manure, every pound
Of which would be equally as good as sta
BILE manure.
In all composts Of the kind spoken OF, the
farmer should cause the soap-suds, cham
ber-ley, and other slops made about his pre-
misses to be poured on his compost heaps !;
nor should he forget to give the same direc-
lions to the sweepings abou. every part OF his
establishment.
Root Crops.-Those who may design,
growing roots TO feed to their stock, should
now be looking abou. them to ge. the ma
nure ready; for though it is too soon to SOW
Bee!s, Carrots, Parsnips, Mangel Wur,zel,
and Ru,a- -bags, it is no. too soon 10 be pro-
viding food for them.
Corn-1n some parts Of our country,
where corn is extensively grown, it will DO
time to plant corn before our mex. visit we
would, therefore say to our readers, strive
to ge, a good stock Of manure for ,h,s crop,
as i. is a greedy feeder, and cannot yield
largely unless it be well fed.
Hauling oM .Manure-Have care to
haul out your manure timely; bot before
you haul it out, mix with every twenty
loads Of it, if they have not been previously
applied in composing, bushels Of salt aud
l Of plaster.
Lining and .Narling.-Ifyour lands need
lining or marling, apply it on your corn
ground. After you have ploughed and har
rowed, spread your lime or mari, and then
harrow it in.
Clay on Light Sands.-If your land is a
ligh. sand, if you would compost 10 loads
Of clay with 10 loads Of manure, you would
End sha! this compost would do you more
good, on such land, than would twenty loads
of manure applied alone.
Orchards.-During this month, if there
are any dead limbs on your trees, they
should be carefully cut off into the sound
wood, the wounds should be made smooth
and receive dressing Of mixture Of equal