The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-09-22
AGRICULTURAL.
FARM WORK FOR SEPTEMBER.

Once again, see u your manure. You
are through haying," and have time and
opportunity to add to your stock Of manure,
Gather all OF your course hay, whether
highland or swamp, that j. unit Tor feeding,
and add it TO the mlnure heap, or stack 1t
20 be strewed about the barn yard in winter,
or which is better, to be used rs litter or
bedding for your cattle. Lei not brake or
fern remain on your ground ungather"d =
Brakes contain srcaIer proportion OF salts
than the grasses or most vegetables, and
mixed and rotted with your manure. are u
great addition oft So that gathering your
brakes answers the double purpose OF add
Ing great value TO your manure, and ridding
your land of a troublesome weed. But to
rid your land Of brakes entirely you must
cultivate it Plsturing il in small lots, and
turning in young cattle, that will crop the
young shoots, will eventually subduc brakes I;
bot deep tilage, plowing or using the
" breaking up hoe, is the most etiectnal
method Rich of themselves In the con.
stituents of manure, they don't hear nrtif.
cial manure. and will dis under its applica
ton. Urine will destroy brakes immediate.
ly. and when farmer is troubled with but
few Of them. urine is the most profitable us
well rs eGeciual method Of gett'ni rad of
them. Then your old bitches should be
cleaned out and the scrapings added to the
manure heap. This should be done eiiectu.
ally every year. bitches uncleaned soon
choke and 6ll up. Then in this month you
should finish ditehing lands that need it, and
of course you add the matter thrown cut to
the manure heap.
Muck MANURE Then do not forget the
muck. Haul il into the barn yard. or into
heaps on every convenient Opportunity -
Yes, make business Of it, for you can do
no more profitable work upon farm. Ii
will advantage your land and bring forward
mos, kinds oCcrops. We know Of men
who have been in the habit Of buying large
quantities Cf stable manure, who now de-
pend upon their muck beds entirely for ma
nure, and get cheaper and better manure,
one the expense taken into the estimate,
more advantageous. producing equally good
crps.- and a lasting effect in the SOIL
We have before advert'd TO the use OF muck
for growing potatoes in the town Of Rye
The farmers there consider muck the best
manure for potatoes, pref'rriog it tn. stable
manure. Others are coming to the same
conclusions. A gentleman OF Philadelphia,
describing in the" Working Farmer" the
effect OF compost, principally Of swamp
muck upon his land, says, "The potatoes
set enormously in the muck, but were not
all we'll grown. In hills where there was
little muck, we found two potatoes ; in o'her
hills where the muck happened to be more
plenty We frequently found forty or my,
add the roots ms thick Us net wo'k, peGetrat.
ing the mass OF muck in every direction and
clinging to il with such tenacity that il TO
quilrd good deal Of e8lrt to separate the
muck from the yine." .s.,..i ..,.. 80.
Try the experiment. cart the muck into
your yard. and then put shovel full into
each hill OF your potatoes in the spring. and
when harvest comes around, YOU doh
cry Muck forever," we will consent 10
Be- written down a false prophet. 'l''q ''s' .