Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-03-12
lianaaement Of Manure.

Whist lri1tsr management Of the manure Of
the h0rSe-sfadLe AID coso-Shed is best calculated
TO prepars hsm ,rih as Ltt'e loss as possi-
Die. for application 10 the soil! This ques-
is orc Of much importance to the farmer.
yet it IS one. which, in mary cases receives
n attention whatever. This should not be
SO, is has always been shown from the
auh"rities quoted in our former article.
Most farmers keep ;heir horses in sta
bles. and their cattle in yards with sheds az
tacbe.i, ;.Ir0ugh The Writer. The writer so
winters bis Iarm stock 1t is the genera!
praciice to keep the manure from The horse
stable. mixed wi!h strawy litter, by itself
usually undcF The ewes o! the building
as thrown from the dung-hoie or opening
lefi for ihis purpose. HIRE it remains IN
disturbed unit -Fam rod TO the frld in the
spring The esris anj sheds OF the oa';le
are also their feeding places, and if Course
straw aud cornstaiks are f,d nut rs is GEN.
orally the Case, they are iolerably well
l1terft-the manure being scattered at
random around bO-h shed and yar4 In
some places there Will be large proportion
OF straw-arOnnd the stack for insfance-in
others refuse stalks,-wi,ie other
places, still, viii be filed up With a larger
proportion OF Groupings from the stock
Perhaps, On The approach Of spring. the
open yard eiii be exposed 10 surplus water
from the caves OF the. farm buildings, &c.
washing out is ricbness and carving il
away where it is not needed. or, it may be,
of the farm.
The state o! t e manure IN the spring Is
toGren something OF the following character.
The outer par, ufihe heap from ethe horse
stable will BE- composed of wel-bleached
SRA " and dung-while the centre will be
or iner-, almost vsiuless mas OF fire. -fanged
manure. The heat which has been evolved
} ? is. deConnoEit'on has been sufficient to
drive of its most valuable constituents ;
sad the property OF ferme niiBg readily and
br pgiDg otter vegetable substances, into a
state of fermentation, is now, nearly or
gate lest. la the yard there will be a
quantity Of long manure from unrot.ened
straw and corn-stalks. and under the sheds,
perhaps; mixture of these cattle dropgiogs
Of far higher value, but still too little decom-
posed for the NEST beneficial application TO
the soil.
The relders will have seen someting of a
remedy for ihis state of things. 1t lies in
niriHg and shsitering the manure. Keep the
cattle sheds well Uttered and remove 10
them from time TO time, the refuse straw and
cornsta kes and the droppnss around The
yard. Make them the pleasantest part of
the farm yard. end the cattle will spend the
greater share of their time there. and thus
leave less TO be done by the farmer But
this mass of litter and COW manure will
ferment but slowly, even under favorable
circumstances, end alone, hardly be fit for
early use in the spring. To hasten its de-
composition. scatter over the sheds every
day, as removed from the horse stable, the
dung and litter found there. This will pre-
vent waste in the latter, and so temper the
former that lis decomposition will be for
warted and the whole mass of litter and
mixed manure, with but small loss, be fitted
for application 10 the soil in spring. The
stock Of fer,iliziug mate ial will be of fnpsriy
un form character, and Of far higher value
than if left unmiXed, ard without the tritiing
attention which this plan demands
las would be most profitable to the
farmer-!he cattle are sheltered at all times,
and their stables regularly cleaned it will
be of great benefit to mir and shelter the
msnure, but the plan will work better +
pigs or other animals are allowed TO run
over it so as to tramp it hard, and thus pre-
vent too early decomposition. Other con-
siderotions cunnecied with the ubi rct
ought TO be ofered--and we shall take oc-
casion hereafter TO speak of sheep and hog
manure ard their best winter management.
-RHraI Neic Y0r,er, l4th.