The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-03-22
Discussion asoat manurss.

Discussion about manurs,.
Among the discussions Of the lie.
gislative club Al Boston. we notice the
following on manares, which is excel
lent and good as new. By the war,
these discussions am"ng intelligent and
practical men. might be made one Of
the most useful features az ssr agri-
cultural gatherings. ~ well as at Far.
mer's Lyceums. &c. The following
report We clip from the Ploughman.
Simon Bruwn. Esq. said he was "a.
iniIiar with the preparation Of manures.
There was time when same individuals
held that cultivation would supply the
place Of manures. but this theory did
not stand the test Of trial.
In the common manner Of preparing
manure he believed much Of il was
wasted. We must rely ON the resour-
ees of the farm for all our fertilizers,
and must furnish the compost FROM the
lands at home without relying on for>
eign aid.
lie would keep cattle in the barn
most Of the time. summer aud winter,
and would drop the manure into Gel.
lar, covering il with meadow mud eve
~ morning. lie would have the drop
pings out Of the way Of the frost.
Would spread in autumn and turn un-
der. II in the spring. would wait un.
ill the grass was up. and pillow the land
the day before planting il.
Meadow mud was not properly ap>
preciated. Guano was good auxiliz.
ry, but he would not depend upon il
as a general thing. lie would discou-
rage the purchase Of muchof il. More
bulk was wanted to operate upon the
soil than was found in the use of con-
centrated manures. If mud was not to
b. had. they must dig up the headlands,
and use them as absorbents, &c. i
Sandfurd Howard, Esq, said these
remarks deserved consideration. lie
styled this mud as carbonaceous. Sci,
cnti6c men, so called, overlook thi,
very carbon. agricultural Chemists
speak Of il as acting mechanically on
the soil. 1t is demonstrated that vege.
tables feed largely ON earbonic acid
gas, and this mud was the article t.
aid in producing il.
| Mr. Copeland noticed special ma,
nures as introduced by Liebig. Sumo
prepare tanks to save the murates with
the phosphates and the salts. He hai
tried quite largely the artificial ma
nures.' II applied before long conti'
nued rains the result has been good
II applied at any other time the resul,
has been otherwise. He thought sci
entific men gave too much weight t.
Chemistry and special manures wer,
often applied where they were no,
needed. lie advocated making your
own manures. and saving all the Ii
quids. The effects of sulphurate acid
diluted was also noticed, and caution
given not to take everything that wa
advertised
MIR. Holmes divided the effects o
manures into mechanical and chemlca al
&c, and defined the distinctions.
] Mr.. Russell. Of Pittsfeld, said h,
had always made considerable compos
with muck or loan. tie keeps sevc
] raj cows, and covers his COW yard witt
these "furrow deep" and ploushs ]
several times during the season. Ill
also makes compost from the sink.
Manures may be "manutactured.'
but not to any extent to benefit far
mcrs. He cartrd oit his compost il
the fall. and applied IS loads to th'
acre.
! Mr.. Proctor cited a case where ,
Mr.. Rogers applied liquid manure from
a tank to ten acre lot BY means Of !
barrel, much after the manner tha
streets are watered in cities. lie thu
doubled the crop Of grass in the lot.