The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-06-30

MANUREs.

we nave much reason Il. lear fh1fs
Notwithstanding most men are already
convinced ofthe necessity Of collecting.
or we win say ofmanuiacturing manure,
many will still plead want Of time to at
tend to II noaa. while some may even 90
farther than this. and hope that dame
Science-for she is everywhere and by
everybody spoken of--wiIl come TO their
aid. and enable them TO make manure
without labor. time, or expense. IL
they rely upon Mrs. Science. who. BY.
the-bye. is rather a coy old lady, they
will find out too late, and TO their great
modification. that she will do no such
thing. She will help only those who
are willing TO help themselves. And
il we would avail ourselves of what as
sistence she is ready, willing. and able
to give, we must first go TO work. If
we would improve our lands, we must
employ fertilizing agents, we must use
manure with a bountiful hand. We
may plough deep. plant regularly. hoe
carefully, and incessantly invoke ma
dam Science TO renoyate our lands and
give US good crops; but all will be ulti-
mately in vain, five do not return to the
soil those fertilizing properties Of which
we have, time out Of mind. been rob-
bling il by system as injudicious aud
absurd as il is barren Of good results.
All agree, then, in this--our system
Of cropping without manuring. has been
bad one, the fatal effects of which may
be read in the fact, that where formerly
two good ears Of corn were wont to
grow, one bad one will not grow now.
We must then, we suppose, quit this
bad system, adopt better-go at once
to collecting, gathering, scraping, dig
ging, and hauling anything and every
thing that is known to possess fertili-
l7ing properties, mix them together in !
large heap, and then invite madam Sci
cnce to come and breathe upon 1t, ana
it will Immediately. or soon after. be
come a good pile Of fertilizing matter
land be fit for use in our fields as ma
lnure.
Were we going to get this heap to
gether, we would proceed as follows
we would haul together leaves, straw
muck, stable manure, scrapings of lot
land fence corners, woods mould, ant
almost any vegetable matter readies
to be found, on or below the surface o
the earth. In forming this compost
to every twenty cart loads of this mate
rial we should add about ten bushels o
! ashes. one bushel ofplaster or less, ant
!, perhaps bushel Of salt, and thus pro
ceed laying layer upon layer until W
|, had enough to cover the field intende,
for planting, one inch deep more Q
less. This compost, or perhaps thes
composts, we would turn over two Q
8 three times during the ensuing Fall an
. Winter, SO as to pulverize and mi
+ more thoroughly the different substar
ces Of which it or they are composted
and by planting time, say in Marc
next, by our own industry, aided b
the magic influence of madam Science
breath, we would have a pile or pile
a Of manure thatwould fertilize our lant
i secure a good crop. and richly rewar
y us for all our labor, time, and expens
y And We venture to affirm, that if ey,
!. !. our farmers improve their lands, Il
plan here pointed out will be tn;
which they must generally adopt. e,
cant,nr .f courSp fhoea lands Z
!, & which mari or other calcareoas substal
= = ces abound.
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