Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-11-19
From the Plough. the loom and tho Anvil.
MANURE.


manure worth more than one hundrel MIL
lions ofdoIlars is annually thrown away in the
United States"
We find the above remark. which appears,
at first sight, extrnvaganl IN the first number
of the journal Of the United States Agricul-
tural Society. publication we would com.
mer TO all iarmers When We stop moment,
owr,e to look al this subject and call TO
mlnd the various ways IN which under our
own obs, rvalion his essential in the improve
mcnt Of the soil Is allowed even among iarm-
ers h br IOSt- actually aud efectuay lost,
Mr0a0n amay 9one-~ithout benehling any
body or any lhing when We CONSIDER the i'm
mcnsc Quantities continually accumulating in
our cities aud large towns, over winch tho
farmer has no control, and from " hIch 40 ben
etil can arise, unless II accrnes To pbysicians
through the diseases il engenders. we very ma
rurnlly conclude, though lhnt ''more' makes
The quantity very indrfnile, that the estimate
is IN III Wise overrated.
And the material Tor all his frrtiIizing sub.
stance, hose benefits are so obvious every
where. and the necessity of whose application
on most fields is apparent, has, in some way,
bccn mken tiom Me soil, Wha, appalling
idea How luminous of scanty future har
vests M,re than one hundred millions OF
dollars taken annually from the farms IN our
country and lost !
How great proportion Of the manure thus
actually thrown away, Is lost through the IN
difference negligence Of farmers themselves,
we shall not attempt 10 say. We krow not
the number of hfmers in the United Sntes,-
Of course cannot make correct estimate.
We may suppose. however, with tole rable
safely. that ench farmer. from the quantity un-
der his inImcdibte control. loses some, and that
the majority lose much How often farm yards
are allowed to irain into highwa ays, and upon
lands " here no ben, f's result from the apPII-
cation of the rich LIQUIDS that flow upon Ihemi
How mnch animal manure. in and around
yards. is allowed to pass off by evaporation.
when a iule care would enable the farmers to
save the gases which would give health beauty,
and strength 10 their grass and grain fields =
How much decomposable substance, in va
rety Of forms, is allowed to assimllate and rot
away in secluded corners on thousand farms,
whoat beneftto any one7 Our great travell-
I'd roads accumulate. every year. quantities OF
manure. and thar usually of a valuable quail
ty, from the animals that pass over them
This, hv continue Il travel. becomes lncorpora-
ted with The dust OF the road, and the show
ers Aoal them away together, often into some
ditch, " here it remains for no better purpose
than to be again removed ITO repair the road"
or else find a r, ,serv0r in some qnaem'rc here
its loss Is final and complete. few hours
labor in each year, would turn this valuable
compost on I'D Joining fields. where great hene-
frs result from It's application TO the land occu-
pant without injury 10 any one; and really. IN
many instances, To the great benefit of the pub
lie, by diverting the water effec,ually from the
highway, to which it too often regains access,
to the annoyance of the traveller and increase
of the highway tax. We have often thought,
and are not at present convinced that the idea
is foolish or inconsistent one that the farmers
on great travelled roads could afford almost to
keep those roads in repair for the benefit they
light receive from Ihc wash.
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