Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-03-07

that OF Tue Dest Euano, even WHeu HIAeu
with half its bulk of garden mould. BY
mixing the excrement of hens with muck,
or well decomposed peat, and saturating
the whole with urine, or diluted sulphuric
acid, compound of great energy will be
found, and which, when applied to tho
purposes of vegetable enrichment in the
ordinary way, will insure the best and
most salutary results on any crop.
GOOSE DUNu, although possessing, in
its crude state, qualities highly uncongeni-
al and even deleterious to plants, is never
thcless endued with principles which rem
der it capable Of being transformed to a
good and salutary manure. To secure
this result, it may be thrown into heap,
after being previously saturated with water
in which salt has been dissolved, and mix
ing it with fue caus.ic lime, gypsum and
wood ashes, one bushel of the three last
ingredients, in equal proportions, to six
bushels of the excrement. The compost
should be allowed to remain six weeks un-
disturbed, before being used, and then ap-
Piled in the same manner as guano and
poudret,e. For Indian corn, it does we'll
in the hill, but for grain and grass crops,
it should be broadcasted. Twenty bushels
to the statute acre, will be found liberal
application fer well set.sward land, or land
under wheat, oats, or rye. When used as
q garden manure, it should be sown broad
east, and worked in by the spade or rake.
There are very few pivoting roots, which
do not receive great and obvious benefit
from this application.
PIGEON EXcREMENT.-The stale from
the dove cote, like the excrement of the
hen, to which it is stongly assmilated, is
another valuable fertiliser. 1t may be ap-
piled to soils and crops in perfectly crude
state, and always With admirable success.
1t is of a warming nature, rich in all the
essential elements of nutrition, and exerts
Its energies at once. 1t is less durable
than some other manures, and owing to
its energy, requires to be applied in less
quantities, especially on cultivated crops.
For roots aud bulbous plants, it is invalu-
able
CHIP MANURE may be regarded as be-
longing to the same category as muck and
peat. When decomposed, it is fine and
light, and when analysed presents heavy
rreponderance of vegetable and mineral
constituents. 1t possesses a high degree
Of value as an Ingredient in composts, es-
pecially those which are mostly of mineral
nature. Its effects on Indian corn are
well known. The finer it is, the more i'm
mediate and efficient will be its action,
though in this condition it is less durable
than when applied in coarser state. Cur
rant, gooseberry and other bushes Of
fruitifcrous chale, are greatly benefited by
annual applications of this article it tends
to kept the soil light and moist, and be-
sides supplying healthy pabulum, favors
the expansion of the spongiOles, which it
siViies and strengthens.
FOREST MOULD OR ScRApINGs. These
articles are also of vegetable origin, being
derived principally from the decay of
leaves, wood, &c, aud consequently pos
sess in themselves many of the moro i'm
portant vegetable principles, such for in
stance, as the nitrogenOus and carbcna-
ceous compounds which enter, more or less
extensively, into the texture and organi-
za.ion Of all plants. When accumulated
either in the spring or fall and placed in
situations favoring decomposition, these
materials are readily resolved into high
ly powerful manure. If placed in the cat.
tie yard, or hog pen, deposited under
shoep sheds, or mixed with other materials
in the compost heap, their valuable pro-
perties will be happily econemised, and an
important addition thereby secured to the
oNoiAoOic uauuiIai IeoOuiCSS VI tuc i3tAl.
Too much Importance cannot well be at
tached to articles of this character they
nre all valuable adjuvants in the process of
fertilization, and their economy and judi
cious application, will tell upon the de-
vclopement and maturation of the future
crops of him who uses them, as well as
upon the amelioration and improvement
Of the soil to which they are applied. No
one who car procure them need complain
of want Of manure.
Bones constitute another valuable fer
tilizer. Crushed and ground bones have
long been extensively used both in this
country and in Europe. On almost every
species of vegetation-roots as well as
grains-they act with surprising prompt
ness, and their effects are both salutary
and lasting. Bones dissolved in sulphuric
acid which is itself grea. promoter of
vegetative power in the soil-are perhaps
more efficient than in any other state in
which they can be applied. As all bones
contain large quantities Of phosphate Of
lime, their mechanical effect upon the sci!
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