The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-08-27
DOMESTIC NANuREs.

DOMESTIC NANUREs.
We would by no means discoDntenance
the use Of Guano aItogeih.r. when il can be
procured on living terms. but wonItl earnest
ly recommend 10 our readers a c utiOns and
prudent application oi il, and reliance,
mainly, on home manufactured manure
There are many fertilizers ON ever, farm, of
equal value to guanO, which are almost uni
sersally wasted. Among these, we may mem
tion,
4. HIN MANURE This is excellent fr all
kinds Of garden vegetables, aud. IL property
managed. a ii.ile will goiar as a fertilizer for
all crops. Take drcomposed swamp muck
and mir halt and half with the scrapings of
the hen-house and poultry roost. and, just
before using. mix with it one bushel at ashes
10 five ef the mixture. and put half a pint
IN each hill Of corn. The result will BE- an
increase af 'he crop ssi per cent. The ashes
should not be added before ready Tor appli-
catien, because il has tendency to set free
the ammonia aud cause loss before the mix
ture is covered in the earth.
2. NIGHT SON This SHOULD be prepared
in the SINE way, With the addition uf Que.
fifth stable manure and quantity of rich
aoo,ls nlould ~ equal proportiohs with the
muck; with sprinkle of line or ashes and
plaster or charco oaI. az copperas disco we'd in
WATERFALL pound ol the latter to each busI,el
ui night soil. Let these ingredients he
thoroughly mixed together and put up in bulk
10 siard froin four Ia six weeks. aud then be
sho, elrd over aud mixed with one tenth
ashes. A pint 0f the mixture in rncll corn
hill, wilt increase The crop, on land eeding
aid, al least third.
S. lloG. Pes MAsURR.
a. tow-PEN MA>URE.
s. STABLE MANURE.
These three, comp0-ted in a similar way.
with the addition Of leaves, .iraw. weeds.
an, hind nf rih earth. and, il intended for
ANDY land. large propnriion oi pure clay,
will iufnls'' much larger supply oi ,aluahle
hoInc ua,lr menufc thin any an. who has not
trtsd y w'-u'si isung9ur, az ~ ns"sf' Shrdpri
rate. too. than Peruvian guane at SIS or SEQ
per TN.
9 KITCHEN Asp YARD COMPOST All the
trash, su,ls and dirty water aud sweepings
and scrapings shunld BE- thrown an this.
Z. GhEEN CRoPs. lNer, Peas, and Buck.
wheat turned under. are also valuable aud
cheap methods Of lrrtiIizing the land. aud
should enter into the system ot improvement
Of every farm
In the name of common sense, il we do not
use foreign fertilizers less. lei US resnl.e to
use home manufactured msnures more,
This month. all ,lispnsable force. and ever,
energy should he directed 10 col e TING,
saving, and hauling materials TO increase the
compost heaps. II vii pay-it will pay well
Your next Years crap will prove T. MANY
of your farm. nre,l--inany uf your farms must
ha,e-manurr, or all ynur lsbor, from yeaI
Ia YEAR. Is lost. Until il is applied, no lick
that YOU strike no iu,row that YOU plow, NJ
c,mplsinf that y.u utter, no tear that yor
81 ed, 20 PRAYER that ,lu nncr.for rain s,l
pay neihiug. nothing will avail. A prizes
/ was called upon To IA, over the barren iicld'
81 his parishiouers. he passed ir"m on,
enclosure To anoiher and pronounced his be-
addiction, until he same 10 n must unpromis
ing case lie surveyed II IN despair, r.claim
ing. :. Al brethren. no use 10 pray here
this needs manure" Arafr.