Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-01-01
Ezcrements from Horses.
"Till well and manureeweli. 10 the whols
secret of Agriculture"

| " I'LL well anu mduuicdHcAs - th1 WHoio
secret of Agriculture"
Tuiiss theosy Of tisiaee.r which wszsta
4 su7eTssde entirely the use of fnanures, by
freqnent ahd di sasing plowingsnd heeinss,
although an en.irsly repddiAted 'dsctrine,
| still possesses its advantages when used
| in connection with frequent supplies Of
manure, and the above quotation from Oil
yer de Ssrris, places the whole matter on,
its proper footing. - -,
i Horse Manure ferments and deeomloses
very rupidly, aad if it is not inmedately
applied to the land, it socn becomes COM
i pn atively useless; to prevent which it should
be in some way compostea; or no,a farm
where hogs are kepviti Is a good and say.
sing practice to have all the dunk and litter
from the horse stables thrown i;.tj cellar
or some other convenient place, where they
will have accessy= and thus ineorPora' is
with their manure, which is sef-a cool soapy
Fcharacter. They understand their part Of
Ithe work, and will attend % iaFnlng ths
manure as often as necessary
Where this methsd canno, nc 1ssd. aspet
should be taken from which th'' land rises
in all directions. If no such place should
be found in convenient loral.iy, one can
easily be prepared by a Little digging. at
the lowest point of which sh- uid oe insert
ed tub or cask, designed to cst:h all the
LIQUID portions of the maau,s- Tats can
be covered with q wooden ia tice or IRON
grating. and pump put in; ar1ehd which
the manure should be pileu. The pumps
should be used as often as possible, and the
liquid poured over the drieet portions of ths
heap In this manner othsaitand; liquid
manures are preserved, without as much
turning as is necessary under ordinary mo
.thods. But better way still Is to Tncor-
porate it with muck or pond mud, twhen
they can be procured} in equal layers with
the manure, as in making compost heap. !.
these not only preserve it by absorptian,but
are in themselves valuable feriiliz, rs. SAb:
stitutes can be found in the use Of sprest
leaves and sods from tire lsread shts6. A
heap Of this kind can hardly be turned toe
often, and In dry season the apPiieaaon :
Of water or liquid manure. will prevent
mentation and producs more fhofdL
- -asfs4 LIZ.
Where tits i'm possible to procure si ,het
of the above Ingredients to compost with
horse dung. it will be found profitable on q
stiff clay farm, tonse sand, and clay can be
used on a light soil; either Of these would
pay under such circumstances, ,ss they would
improve the mechanical texture Of the sol -
, The value of horse manure as compared
with that Of other farm stock, has been =
matter of much discussion among scientihc
men for long time, the view, generally
adopted being that it was inferior to moss
other animal excremsnts. 1t would perhaps
seem that this question could sbe easily SET
lied by analysis, but great difficulty arises
n finding out anything definite by this
node, as the feed oil horses varies 50 much
IN different circumstances, but for this, an
,lysis would prove csnclusiyely, and bring
his and naLy similar discussions to an end.
We a-e of the opinion that when horses
Ire fed mostly grain, their manure ssuperi-
,r TO most others, especially ~hen used in
is fresh state, bsfors the escape OF nitrogen
which is the most important element OF an
NAL manures-not that il is ans more ne
.essars to vegetation shan carbon, oxygen,
ind hydrogen, bat il is less essily procured
" lheapiant, as there Is little OF it in moss
oils. and they can get nine. from the air;
rnce the great value Of all manures con-
aiming it; and as it is very liable 10 escape.
90 much care can not bstskeH=tog prevent
uch loss. Qaestiopse Of this KIND requirs
Eruruush practical zexEf Einszs fsrsos.ards =
o- a series of wears with Creat ac(ttracy on
'ari1us kinds OF crops, but are seldom at
{ mpted bv our farmers as they require too
much time and lshor, y hich proves the great
want Of gosd Agricultural School snd Ex-
,erimentaI Farm, sustained in liberal
manner, and managed BY practical aswell
IS scientific men. Geo. T. Himmond.-
Parmirg rgdale, n. Y. 5a