New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-21
SALT as A MANURE.

G.. ID. asks US for advice to the application Of CON-
mon Salt as a manure for different crops," &C. which
we proceed to give to the best of ability ANY good
farmer who has used Salt may corsc: notions by his
own experience.
The best mode Of applying Salt to any land not recently
and heavily lined, believe to be this Set convent
emily 10 water hahogshead large tub or half barrel
that viii hold liquid put it two three bricks stand
ing end, and thereon set basket containing bushe
Of Salt dash pal.ful after pa-fur Of water
the Salt until the whole is disolved put Salt into
tbe besket and throw until your tub is full Of
water, containing all the Salt il will dissolve Ut may BE
little easier though slower process to ill your tub two
thirds full Of and set your basket of Salt into a.
sforcsad) Have cart-oad OF unsaked Lime ready
scrap refuge Lime, if fresh from the kiln and unsakcd
is valuable for this any other while usually very
cheap, and pour Mis- dissolved Salt the Lime until it
viii tai up MORE and you have perfect chem
c1l compound Of the Lime and Salt-in other words,
Chloride Of Lime. This is Prof Mapess mode of apply
ing Lime-wbether original with him not, is of
sequence; but it seems to very rational and econom
cal. With The ordinary New.York Salt an hours labor
should suffice 10 prepare car-load of this Chloride
which may be sowed the recently powed land and har
rowed in will Oats any broadcast seed, in prepara-
ton for planting. We have not ii tried top
dressing for Gress, but think it would do good even
there
ride of Lime aforesaid is this: If you have a piece Of
.wamp bog land, any sort of frogpond, cut off the
bushes if such there be- give its water an outlet if neces
cary, and improve the dyest part OF the summer or fall
out upon the nearest high spot many loads
ofthe muck you find time fora thousand would
not be too many. though the of your farm be but
twenty Estimate the solid contents of your muck
hemp and apply bushei Of the Salt and Lime mixture
sioressid to each cord Of the muck 1t may may not
lo IN chod cks tw1e
upd two ten feet high, The of your pile,
poles and put the dest possible roof of slabs
refuse boards head leaving ample for tho air to
sweep the Pile with chances for part Of the rain to
drip through between the loose boards We think it
would pay to shovel the heap once in November and
Bean In March but not sure of this Haul out as
you plow upland in the Spring, and spread broadcast
ticking not TO spread too thinorty cords to the
acre little enough and there that will thank
you for bundred-and will warrant the land not to
forget the application for many fruitful year.
Salt may be proftaby applied in it's natural state, or
simply dissolved aforesaid and mixed instead of Lime
with enough muck dry earth to absorb IT, on fields in
tested by worms wet lands recently taken out of grass
arc apt 70 be- We lost than half Of what should
have been best of Corn this year by wireworms
when FIVE sx bushels of Salt narrowed in aforesaid
just before planting would have saved nearly all of it, Al
ter losing half the stalks had the residue
well doscd with Salt hend-fll to each hill, applied
quite to the young Corn and though the ends of the
leaves were thereby scorched and killed if exposed
fire. yet the Corn speedily recovered while tho
disappeared We don't advise this mode of application
there are many better-but if ever have
other crop attacked by Of any sort shall take
their opinion Of the virtues Of Salt.
If you have any land infected with worms or weeds,
you may be assured that you kill both either by
dressing of Salt and you will only lose the of it one
year. while undergoing the publication and after that
will produce almost any crop you put upon it in largely
increased abundance.
The easiest way to kill weeds in walks to salt them to
DEATH It will kill anything but asparagus-or that is
the best Of all fertilizers.
In England Salt is used at the Of three TO
teen bushels per