Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-01-17
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Manures,

Manures,
Agricultural writer's, in their " Book Farm
ing" notions, widely differ upon the subject
of manure. While one advocates Gua'sc
another more strenuously urges the claims
of Gypsum. Some contend for Compost
others for Muck and Pecte some for Stable
and Lot manure, and others for Cotton.seed
Poudrette also has place in the picture
All sre extolled and represented as being
the best, cheapest, and most permanent fer.
tilizers. Even the Rescue Grass is advoca
ted IS being the " sine quo non" for reclaim.
Ing and fertiliziug WORKOUT lands; while the
Cow Pea, Clouer and even the Humb@g
Oregon" are all claimants for the prize
What Is the farmer to doa Which shall he
choose, or how many must be co.mingle,
50 % to realize the greatest result at the
leass eostl Tha. is the question. A ques.
ton which we confess we are not able to
answer: /: but while upon the subject, we
venture to give our opinion for just what it
is worth As we have never yet been very
much infected with the Foreign.Manurs.
mania, and after close observance Of re-.
ported and unreported experiments. we are
inclined to think that our own manufactured
manure, of every description, is the best,
cheapest, and most permanent. fertilizer. 1t
is true, much labor is expended in gathering,
composing and applying our manures; but
when it is remembered that the work is
nearly all done, when nothing else can be
done, the cost dwindles into mere triae.
Of all the various kinds Of manure, CON-
mon to every plantation, there is not one
which will compare with C0tton-seed as
fertilizer for any and every variety of crops.
Mos: of farmers know this, and yet it is sci.
dom applied SO as to give the full benefit of
its fer.ilizi"g properties to the growing crop
The usual code of preparing cotton seed for
manure is by rotting it. This is generally
Effected by hesping aud exposing it to the
sun and rains until fermentation takes place.
or until By heating, the germs are killed. BY
this time one third of its best property has
escaped in vspour, and impreguated the at
mosphsre with malaria, which benefits
20 one bn: the doctor; while the remaining
.wo.thirds. by the process Of heating, have
been subjected to chemical change, which
has materially injured its fersilizing proper
ties. And yet It Ia the very best manure. ln
order to realize the full benefit Of this excel
lent manure, the seed should be crushed. A
machine for crushing The seeds be made for
less than ten dollars. All that is necessary
Is to have two rollers running together
cider.miil. l.fsshion-and attached to the gin.
gearing. There should also be two knife.
eerspers, one to each roller, for keeping the
role, freed from the crushed seed, which
would have tendency to choke the machine.
The crushed seed should then be applied to
the crop, and whether before or after plant
Ing It should bs covered Immediately.
There is another kind Of manure common
to avery plantation, to which we call the at.
,sn,ion of eur farmers, believing it to be one
which pegs sell for the labor expended in
gathering 1t. This manure may properly be
called the Fcrer Manure as It is the cause
of nine tenths of the cases of fever on every
plantation. We can recommend this manure
to the farmers OF our dstrle: as being the best,
and (ue1t to Co:toa.seed) the most economi-
cal and most permanent fertilizer that they
can ass. 1t is a compost manure-made by
the following recipe mot get patcnted) Those
who will make it by the recipe, will have q
vast deal Of good manure, a0ithout the fever:
and those who will not make it, will have
the fever. and Doctors bill to pay, without
the manure. Recipe: Scrspe up all the filth
snd litter from undcr the dwelling and
kitchen and from under every negro house
and haul 1t to some convenient spot north Of
the settlement. Cut down all weeds and
scraps every fence corner arourd the settle
aoat, to tho depth OF three inches, and add
the gatherings to the heap. scrape round
the kitchen door and back window, taking
two inches of soil. Take all the leached
ashes from the &sh.hopper, mixed we'll with
rotten cabbages and every other decaying
vegetable in the garden. Scrape thorough.
ly tho floors OF the smoke house and hen
house. Then add all these ingredients together
with the lot and stable manure, to the com.
post hssp, pile it up sud cover the whole
With three inches of soil until ready for ap-
plying it. T'hiD is paying compost any
way you take it. If the manure does not
psy you, you will be certain not to pay the
Doctor.
Wonderful Tyees.