The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-24

and as there may be others, who poay not
be able to buy them, it shall be cur business
to point out such resources on their lands,
which, if availed Of, as may render such ex-
penditmeS unnecessary.
Those who have woodlands attached to
their farms, whether they be hard wood or
pine lands, may, by exertion, increase THEN
quantity Of manure, at a very trifing expense
beyond the labor of collecting and compost
ing, for, if with every two loads of woods
mould and leaves, they mix one of stable !
and barn-yard manure, and add bushel of
ashes, / bushel Of plaster, and or 2 bush |
els of salt, to every 90 loads; mix the whole
together, layer and layer about, leave it in
bulk few weeks, and they will have a com
post equally fertilizing, and more lasting
than would be the barn-yard manure BY
Itself. We say this, not because it is justi-
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,
treated in the same way, will prove equally
good. But, be the substance what it may,
that may be thus mixed, it should be left
in bulk long enough to excite the incipient
stage of decomposition, as that is essential
to bring into activity the dormant powers of
hodies which have long been excluded from
atmospheric influences. Give the substances
we have named the advantage of the treat
ment we recommend, and the property of
dispensing food to growing plants will be
restored, as the recuperative principles, al
though it may, by force of circumstances,
slumber for years, can, by proper appliances,
be restored to vigorous action, as it is con-
sonant with the laws of nature, that all things
which ever had life, is competent to repro
duce it. This has been happily verified in
the management Of peat, a substance, which,
though it may have lain buried in the earth
for centuries, by admixture with a few bush
els of ashes, 2psr cent. of potash, or ammo
nia or one.third its own volume of horse OF
cow-dung, or any other animal manure, can
be converted into an active fertilizer. So
would dead horse or COW, if cut up and
composted with % loads of such materials,
in five or six weeks convert the whole into a
body of the most fertilizing manure, every
pound of which would be equally as good as
stable manure.
In all composts Of the kind spoken of, the
farmer should cause the soap-suds, chamber
ley, and other slops made about his premises,
to be poured on his compost heaps; nor
should he forget to give the same directions
to the sweepings about every part of his
establishment
! RooT CROPS. Those who may design
growing roots to feed to their stock, should
SOW be looking about them to get the ma
nure ready; for though it is too soon to SOW
beets, carrots, parsnips, mangel wurtzel,
and ruta baga, it is not too soon to be proyi-
ding food for them.
CoRN.-In some parts of our country,
where corn is extensively grown, it will be
time to plant corn before our next visit, we
would therefore say to our readers, strive to
get good stock of manure for this crop, as
tits greedy feeder, and cannot yield largely
unless it be we'll fed
1 HAULING OUT MANuRE.-Have care to
haul out your manure timely; but befor
you haul it out, mix with every 90 loads o
It, if they have not been previously applied
: in composing, 2 bushels of salt and / O
plaster.
LINING AND MARLING.-Ifyo your lands need
, lining or marling, apply it on your corr
ground. After you have ploughed and har
rowed, spread your lime OF mari and theI
harrow it in.
CLAY ON LIGHT SANDs.-If your land is 6
. light sand, if you would compost ten load
of clay with ten ofmanure, you would fine
9 that this compost would do you more good
: on such land, than would twenty loads Q
. manure applied alone.
: ORcHARDs.--During this month, if Their
{. are any dead limbs on your trees, they shoult
r be carefully cut off into the sound wood, tht
wounds should be made smooth, and rsceiv'
: dressing Of a mixture of equal parts of rosin
o beeswax and tar, melted over slow fire
9 after two coats are put on, dust the surfac'
i with sand,
If the bodies Of the trees are messy, O
), the bark rough, scrape them. and apply
e dressing composed Of gallon of soft soap
pound Of flour Of sulphur, and quart Q
e salt, And if your orchard has not been re
= Gently manured, give it q dressing Of manure
i to be ploughsd in with care, SO as not to lac
: crate the roots Of the trees. A good com
G post for this purpose would be mixture o
! wood mould, marsh mud, barn-yard or stabl
n manure, ashes and bone-dust.
! But il you have no orchard on your farm
z plant out one this spring OF next fall.
G WmTER-KLLED GRAN--If your grain i
d yv;ntar-killed ar snewed IN. mass 4 lipht har