The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-01-18
garratrs, Column.
How biesi the Farmers simple liIe- 3
Far nom the noise OF the City's strife.
MANURES.

MANUhES,
The Horticultural for January, issued
by Newman & lveson Of New York has
an article on the subject of manures, from
the editor, Mr.. Garry, from which we ex.
tract tie following excellent suggestions :
"One great error, and we believe, a
very prevalent one, is that of applying the
same kind Of manure 10 the same soil for
a great number Of years in succession. We
will take, for instance, Town and village
gardens, and see how the case is with
them. A COW or a horse, and perhaps,
a pig, are KEEP. on the premises, and what.
ever manure they may produce, or such a
quantity Of it as may be considered nee.
essary, is annually applied 10 the garden,
without any admix,ure Of other material,
in most cases, without being very properly
prepared before hand. Al the SINE time
the ground is cropped with the SAINT arti.
Giles year after year, with very Sigh, varia-
lions. By and by the crops begin to fail;
and the wonder is, why, with such a lib
eral manuring every year. Butt it is not al
all wonderful. We have seen lime, mari,
ea.weed, and other fertilizers, produce
the most abundant crops for a few years,
and then case 10 have any good effect, bul
rather 10 be injurious. Thousands of gar.
d, MS are defective, not from the want Of
manure, but from the too frequent applica-
ton of one material. People are not
thoughtful or careful enough in saving the
waste materials Of gardens and kitchens,
10 add 10 the manure heap. The mole
vegetable refuse that can be returned TO
the garden, The less will strong animal ma.
nure be needed. Leaves, the dry stalks
and waste parts of vegetables, weeds,
mowings and s~weepings Of lawns, prun.
ing Iress, clipping Of hedges, if thrown in
a heap and mixed with a little manure.
lime, turf from an old pasture, muck OF
peat, &C., would make one of The very
best composts for gardens, whatever migl
be the character of The soil or the crops
grown on it. They return to the soil the
very same substance Of which il has been
deprived by crops, together with others
taken from the atmosphere. Such com
posts is far preferable 10 strong stable
manure, for trees especially, and may be
applied with entire safety even in fertile
soils, where it might be considered thai
manure of any kind was wholly unnec
essary. The garden crops, and the mos
vigorous, healthy, and fruitful trees we
know Of, are those Of poor coltagers who
keep no animal, and have no manure but
such as they scrape up in The form Of re.
fuse. Their necessities compel them 10
fo.lIw a system Of preparing manure thai
every one should adopt from choice. A
dressing Of wood ashes occasionally is Of
great value. The aIkali they contain i.
not only useful 10 the soil. but destructive
10 grubs that lnfest il. SCOT is also yalua,
bic in This respect, and il is a point o.
some importance !; for when animal ma.
nures alone have been plenlifully applied
for a number Of years, grubs become so
numerous as 10 render the garden nearly
worthless. The best way TO apply these
substances is, TO spread them over the
ground in the fall or winter, and spade
Them under; before spring m they
are rendered perfectly harmless. Bones,
either in a fresh state or from the glue
factory, make a valuable application to
gardens, and especially 10 fruit trees. II
ground 10 a powder, or dissolved in sui.
Phurc acid, they produce an immediate
effect; but if simply broken in pieces, or
spaded inlo The ground, they have a grad.
ual and permanent effect. In taking up
trees from soil where bones have been
used as manure, we find every particle
within the reach Of roots, completely en-.
veloped in masses Of fbres. Guano, SD.
perphosphale of lime and other prepared
manures, are becoming extensively used,
and will be advantageous 10 persons who
have extensive grounds to enrich, with
limited means Of procuring or making ma.
nure. Those who have but small gardens
have the means Of procuring or making
manure. Those who have but small gar.
dens have the means Of making all the
manure they require, and that, too, Of a
kind which WI would prefer either tc
guano or any Of the present manufactured
compounds"