The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-08-03
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FOr ns.UniOn \ Eastern JOsrnS!
Materials for Compost.

being converted into the food OF plants, tc
pass your hands. Manure, il shonld DO re.
membered, is the farmers caPital-,he
wand by the favorable ins,rumen,ali,y he j:
enabled TO diversity the ear,h's surface will
the smiling beauties Of vegetation, ant
cause the waste places thereof 10 bloom
and the desert 10 blossom as the rose.
"Givo mo suificiency OF manure" sale
an elderly farmer 10 me, recently, and
will work out living in any country, ant
from any SOIL" The merchant mus, hay,
capi,al-lhe mechanic mus, have instruc
ton, materials, and tools; and the farme
whose heritage is the broad fields and fer
tile valleys Of his smother earth" mus
hare manure. II therefore behoyes every
one to be attentive to this grand point ant
TO gather up tho means Of enriching anC
rendering fruitful, the soil, the products o
which he relies on for sus,enance, happi
ness and life. No one who has no, made
the experiment, will be able easily 10 ap,
preciale the importance Of attending prac'
,ically and habiiually TO the rules thus cur
sorily laid down.
Some arc up, 10 imagine ,ha, because
they have no deposits Of muck, mail or peal
on their farms, composing is department
10 which they canno, resort wiihou, certain
disappointment and loss. Such, however,
is by no means the fact. Though there be
no, an atom OF either OF tho above named
substances on your land, yet yeu have
abundan, materials in tho spurious yegeta'
ton Of your pastures and cultivated lands
the clay loom and sand Of your waste places
and high ways; in the haum Of your grain
crops. and in the decayed vegetable matter
which is everywhere so prOdigally revealing
its invaluable riches 10 the eye OF the OBJ
server, in the forests, and on every hand.
BY accumulaling these, at favorable sea-
sons, and mixing them judicio usly, with
tho assistance Of animal and mineral mat
tors, compost Of very superior quality
may be manufactured in almos, any guam
,i,y desired, and a, small expense. II the
soil TO which you intend applying II, DO o.
lish, and naceous description, approaching
to sand, the amour, OF clay can scarcely
be too large. The more Of this earth yor
apply 10 such lands, the better will be III,
eiIec, Of the puircscen, animal and minera
matters you bes,cw. |, effects speedy
mechanical amelioration, by fayorably mod
flying the constitutional character, which i
originally 200 low. Manures applied TO dry
sands, usually produce bu, comparatively
slight effects it dies, does no, decomrosC
from lack Of moisture, and when deposite,
in the hill, Is often, particularly in dry sea
sons, harmful rather than beneficial TO III,
crop. II the soil 10 be amoliora;ed be clay
ey, or arsillaceous the basis Of tho com
post heap should be sand. This produce
as,wonderful effects on clay as that caril
does on sand, though by an action pTccisel!
tho reverse. !, depresses it Of Elasticity
ana makes u cry.
i, has been computed, and ! have NJ
doubt that upon correct and accurate eSper
imen,, the computation would be found cor
rect, ,ha, the liquid excremen, Of our do
mos,ic animals is in point OF actual value a
a stimulan,, equal to the solid voidings.-
This importan, and valuable adjuvan, in tn
great work Of economizing manure, is
however, generally overlooked. BY dePOs
iting as,raium Of leaves, saw.dusi, roi,el
wood, chip dung, straw or haum, or, indee'
any other material capaciiied TO absorb th,
urine, and sprinkling every night, a guam
ti,y OF gypsum over the surface TO ai,rac
and fix the ammonia, its econOmizaiiOn vii
DO speedily and thoroughly secured. IL
some sections where much lumoers man
ufaciered, the farmers have lately found iha
the saw dust, and fine shavinSs thrown ou
by the artistic processes Of saving and turn
ing, aiiord excellent materials Tor compost
ino'o IN 'a0n '''u"''0"s ai0 Sas"y a''4'''
aoie' as 'neowne'' anu ,o's'"V" ot"' "a''
ulac'ones reauiiy permit 'ne"h !" oo "As'
away hee oi cost iney are gene'a' use
Us bedding '0f SWINE, 0''n' COWS .aeef
horses So'' anu arc mus sa'u,a'ea win "
hqu,a 'na"1''' anu 20 ''0'Ousu'y ,"'0'e
anu o'oa''u wiz" '"0 .AO'e sO'u'u anu ~
me"'a0'o saV''A"'es' ""a, "ne" 'e"v''u
mo compost ncap' aHS 'u'le''oU !" "'' d
hon o' moro p0"o''u' ees0'P'''"s "Sen''