The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-03-17

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IL can nesrr yield larger quantity y
carbon. hydrogen nitrogen, oxygen
or earthly saIts, By passing through III,
digestive organs of any animal, o.
BY lying . day or a year in a manure ol
compost-hesp. In case one has pool
land, and desires 10 produce a larKs
crop in = few weeks or months, a,
in nsrket-gardening. then the previous
rotting Of manure or vegetable sub,
stances 10 indispensable TO feed many
growing plants up TO the highest point
Of vegetable nutrition. But ON fair
soils. in common field culture, this
great labor Of efpreparing food for crops
Is unwise husbandry. Let the entire
decomposition take place in the soil, a.
is witnessed when clover. peas, or
other paints are turned under with the
plough. If il was convenient. all the
dropping Of animals should be immedi-
ately covered-in the soils which most
lack fertility tor they will lose more
they can gain BY keeping ground.
But 80 speedy and constant an spplica-
tion Of manures would interfere with
other necessary labors on the farm, and
hence the safekeeping Of fertilizers un-
til needed is matter Of importance.
II il excellent economy to provide .
bed Of dry straw. est-leaves, or peat,
to absorb all the urine Of domestic ami
mails. In what is called (" box feeding, I"
both the dung and urine of fatting oxen,
sheep. and hogs are intimately mixed
with straw, or some other good absor-
bent, and trodden. under the feet Of the
ANNALS. As the latter consume meal
and roots. their excreta are obviously
rich in the elements Of fertility. The
animal 10 turned loose in small pen OF bog.
being fed regularly and well supplied
with litter for bedding. The mass Of
manure thus formed is rarely disturbed
until tits applied to the ground, either
as top-dressing or to be mingled with
titled earth. As a general rule, it 10
desirable to cover manure with from
three to nine inches Of soil. II it 10
light. porous. and sandy. manure should
be buried deep, if compact and impcr-
vious, a covering of two or three inches
will suffice to retain all gaseous elements.
Manure moves both downward and up
ward. as well 10 lateraIIy, in titled
ground. and therefore ON medium
soil it should be placed midway in the
earth stirred with the plough. II the
ground is broken ten inches deep, FIVE
inches Of the soil should lie above the
manure. and FIVE below it.
All organic and mineral fertilizers
dissolved in water will enter 50 far
into chemical combination with the
soil when applied to it in irrigation
that nothing will be lost by atmospher'
ic and solar iniluepces, unless the
quantity applied per square rod j,
needlessly large. This speedy and
thorough incorporation Of fertilizine
substances with the soil when dissolved
has led many to attempt the complete
solution Of manure before it is applied
to the land. knowing that it cannot en-
ter the roots Of plants to nourish then
before it is dissolved in water, or r,
duced to a gaseous state. BY bringin,
all fertilizers made in stables and yard!
into q liquid form, the manure is easily J
conveyed in wooden pump logs or pipe,
made Of burnt clay into the severa
fields on the farm. Ii the fields ar,
lower than the barn or stable. the watel
will run to them in pipes BY its owl
gravity; and ifhigher, horsepower ol
small steam-engine will force th,
liquid up to their level. Operations 0
/ this kind are successfully practised il
England. Hose Is used to distribut,
| the water over the surface in the fields
and thus they are both manured AM
irrigated at such times as the applica
tions will do the most good. M
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