The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-02-18

VALUE or POULTRY MANURE.

VALUE OF POULTRY MANURE
ItisIamentable. and disgusting even.
to see what waste is going On in this
country Of one Of The richest and most
valuable manures known. Weare inn
porting shipload after shipload Of gua-I
no. (sea bird manure,) while hundreds
Of tons Of poultry manure, which. il is
asserted, is equal in value-is suffered
to 20 to waste, in the United States.
Each farmers poultry yard produces SO
little that tits generally thoughta mat
ter Of no importance, so IL is suffered
to 20 to waste. and thus the country
loses over a million dollars annually !.
You do not believe tive knew you
would not. Yet, let us calculate-an
American always does this--and see
whether we have any foundation for
such an assertion.
There are 81 900. 900 people in the
United States. Would il be too much
to suppose that one in thirty Of this
number kept poultry. which produced
bushel Of manure per annum? This
would make 700, 900 bushels, weighing
60 lbs. to the bushel. equivalent to- 81.
600 tons. The commercial value Of
this we will suppose equal to the best
Peruvian guano, which is worth fifty
dollars per ton, Of 1000 lbs. This
would make one million and fifty
thousand dollars. Thus our assertion
is more than proved.
Hop TO sare Poultry Manure.
Having learned the value Of poultry
manure, we suppose now, our readers
would like 10 know what is the best
method to save it.
First build you poultry house, IL il
be no more than rough scaffolding Of
poles or slabs. laidupon crotchets, form.
inga double pitch roof, with end boardsin
winter, to keep out the wind and driv.
ing storms. Under this, place parallel
roosts the manure during the night
then, will all drop in a narrow row be.
meath. Here place light loan about q
foot deep, rather wider and longer than
the roost, and give it sprinkling ol
Plaster Of Paris an inch thick. When
this is covered an inch deep with man.
ure, give it layer Of loan four inches
deed, and another sprinkling ofan inch
Of plaster, and so continue. In the
/ spring mix all well together, keepit free
from the rain, use it at the rate. of one
pint to the hill of corn, or in a cores
ponding quantity for cucumbers. squash
es, pumpkins, melons, peas, onions
strawberries, or any other fruit, vegeta
BILE, or grain, requiring rich warm man
ure, and our word for it, you will hay,
large crop of a superior quality
Thus YOU will become one out of th,
many who is desirous to benefit him
self, and assist in saving more than !
million of dollars annually to the coun
try. Biblical Recorder.
SECRET OF TANNING ANIMALS. - w
have no direct means Of divining th
"why and because" of certain predl
lections and prejudices observable 1
. birds and other animals. We dali
see actions among them for which W
: cannot in any way account. Thus
, for instance, if a dog enter room ful
Of company, you shall presently observ
$ him make careful tour Of the apart
$ ment, snuffing first at one, then at tanotl
err. Of the assembled guests. Toward
some his tail will be seen to wag, wit
every symptom Of kindliness and good
will ;whilst towards others he will, wit
tail detected, show unmistakeable sigr
of suspicion, perhaps Of disgust. d.
e pend upon it, the animals discern
= ment is rarely at fault. would will
,r ingly be guided by such Mento
Just so it is with the feathered rae
,e Some masters and mistresses can me-
IL er tame their birds-never get them
be on terms Of intimacy. The cau'
is evident. There is no feeling
y affection in common between ther
= They do not love their birds. The la
: ter know as much, and are assured
aware that they are kept simply for q
sake Of furnishing amusement.
have also noticed the same une
ring sagacity in my squirrels. Th'
would constantly detect any pers'
who might be preparing or wishing
play them off some practical joke, al
would, to my great delight. fasten
them at once, paying them handsome
= and in full for all favors about to be
: ceived 1t was, however, imposslb
, for me to anger them. They. too, w
= knew the friendliness ofmy dispositl
-seeing what merry romps and ga