The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-07-19
IA GRIC UL T UR A L
From the Southern Cultivntor.
Hints OM Making and Prcscrv-
ing THalaaQrcs.

,.inost advanced in the art of making
,,sshnd preserving manures; and there
fore it is the part Of wisdom to study
their practices, and profit by the re-
suits Of their long and successful ex-
perience. Where they are unable to
provide straw or other litter to ab-
sorb all the liquids produced by cat.
Tie, horses, or swine kept up in the
usual manner, they invariably con-
struct tanks to hold all the urine, in
10 which the liquid cxcretions Of
! animals are conducted from stalls and
stables. Such reservoirs are made
usually Of water.lime cement in the
&aane way that cisterns for holding
rain waite: are constructed in this
country. They are very useful ap.
pendages to stasles where horses or
other stock arc kept; and we will add
that one part of wster-limc, as suld
fh barrels, mixed with four Of clean,
coarse sand, wet and raixcd as NOR
TAR, sets we'll, and if used amuediate.
& lyy seldom fails to forln water tight
! cistern or tank.
Let us suppose farmer has few
& barrels of stale urine, more or less
ammonia is given off to his serious
loss, how can lie fix this volatile all:ili
in the liquid at the cheapest rate? =
This is an important question, and
one that has given rise to many en-
perimcnts. On this subject Dr..
.Stockhardt has the following judi
cious remarks i:
N'Sulphuric acid and green vitrol
Gcopperas) will be here most admira-
ble and convenient, because they can
noY be excry where obtained, and at
moderate cost; they occasion go ex-
penses singtheir transportation 10 and
ittro, like the earths above mentioned;
and are far more energetic IN their
operatton:thangypsum." One pound
of commercial OIL Of Mtrol is sut1i-
cient in ordinary cases, for $50 lbs.
of urine; sn,l the acid is itself worth
as manure about what it costs,
when purchased by the quantity. =
This acid diluted in the DRAWINGS
from a dung heap, is most advanta,
geously used to pour over and run
y through it, to Elk all the free ammo
MIA which is liable to escape into tie
atmosphere.
In many places, green vitriol, or
sulphate OF iron, may be obtained at
cheaper rate than ok Of vitriol.-
DR.. Stoekhardt says, Green vitriol.
(coppcras.) dissolving readily in wa.
ter, acts just as quickly as free sui
phuric acid; and i'll one respect, in.
deed, still more completely, in so far
Z as iron possesses the capacity Of dc.
composing and dcpriving Of odor the
snlphuretted gas, (sulphurettcd hy.
tlrogen) which is equally generated
in the putrefaction Of manure, and
occasions the disa agreeable stencil of
rotten eggs. In Switzerland this
salt has long been generally employ
cd for the preservation of DRAWINGS,
liquid manure] and more recent ex-
perinents in France are affirmed to
We shown that stall manure, when
a}E7Sed with green yitriol, has pro-
duced upon limcy soils an increase of
one third in crops of grain, and upon
grass land, even five times more hay
shan common manure of equal quail
ty and age" Having been many
years in the habit of using coppcras
water, or a strong solution of green
vitriol, to deodorize the offensive
gasses generated in the vaults Of
priyies in cities, where such nuisan.
ces Often occasion sickness, as we'll
rs to fix ammonia in urine and ma.
nurc from stables, it gives us pleas
IRE to find our views corroborated
blythe latest European authoriticg.
In a sanitary point Of view, the action
of iron, (the base which the oil of
vitriol is co.nbined) in decompound-
ing sulphuretted hydrogen, as stated
by DIR. Stockhardt, is important.
AS to the quantity Of copperas
that ought to be thrown into a tank
of liquid manure, no precise direo.
tions can be given, as the farmer
uses barely enough to arrest the am
moniacal smell; and when it again
appears, little more of the green
yitriol 10 naed as before.
In making compost heaps, some
VI care and skill are needed to prevent
that kind Of heating called '.fre
taag," in which operation the
strength Of the manure is seriously
impaired. Wetting the heap is the
preventive usually resorted to, Ell
thcr BY pouring or pumping oyer tho