The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-02-19
EVENING,

my anu preserving ihaIures, anu lheir aP
plieation. ....
Mr.. Perley of Maine Society, remarked
that the operation Of the plough we all
understand, but not so with the operation
of nranures. He did not like to speak Of
personal matters, but he could best make
himself understood by speaking Of his
personal experience. He had muck
bcd,-not the best quality, but better than
nothing. Ii is better for the farmer to
economise his manure as much as he can.
Always have good supply of muck on
hand, hauled out and not piled up too
much. 1t is best when dry. Two loads
of muck to one of horse manure, he re-
CARDS as bett ,r than three loads of ma
nure. All the night soil and of the
house, should be composted with muck.
The night soil compost to be applied to
hood crops generally. Horse manure is
best applied to moist or wet land, and
manure ofneat stock to drier land. The
housing ofmanures increases or preserves
their value equal to one.third.
The application of manure, according
to his method, is to plough il in deep
lie was not sure that this was best. He
rather thought that he had better plough
the manure in with shallow furrow.-
The best application OF guano he had
made. was by sowing broadcast, after it
was mixed with muck 800 pounds to
the acre. Has used few bags of super
phosphate Of lime with corn; it started
the corn well, but after while the corn
seemed to lack something. He has ap
piled guano to worn out land, and could
not see any benefit from il.
DIR. True OF Oxford, WISHED 10 inquire
il any one in the interior of the State
had tried dock mud, or marine manures.
lie had tired one experiment with small
quantity OF this, witt apparently good
results. The experiment was not accu-
rate, but the growth OF grass, particular
ly OF white clover was nearly doubled.
The gaano and super-phosphate of
lime, have been tried in his neighbor-
hood, but not with satisfactory results.
He could not reach satisfactory results
in growing potatoes, by ploughing in
manure.
In regard to composing manures, he
would state that the best crop Of corn he
ever raised was on manure made of u
compost of layer OF muck, one of lime,
salt and plaster that had been in the
compost heap one year.
The president remarked that this was
social meeting, and all men present
were cordially invited to take part in the
discussion of the question.
Hon. Ssth Scamman Of Saco, President
of the Senate, responded to call made
upon him. He felt that in farming he
WAS but pigmy, though brought up to
the business. The manure heap is the
/ farmers benk. aud the more this can be
increased, the better. In his own expe.
riencc he had found that by carting muck
in large quantities in his fields was an
advantage. He sends night carts to the
neighboring village, and BY composing
the night soil thus obtained with thr
muck. although his muck was of tena.
cious character and liable to bake, he had
found a satisfactory manure, and not very
expensive. Another method has been
the collecting OF II deposit made in the
spring OF saw-dust, sand DC, and using
this literally in his stables and hog yard,
This is beneficial rs a manure. He also
carts sand To scatter about his stables,
and mix with his manure. This mixture
prevents horse manure from heating Sc
quickly MS it otherwise would do.
] lie hauls his manure in the spring and
spreads il on the surface and then
ploughs it in, and making use Of fine com.
post in the drill, on which he plants the
corn.
Mr.. Scamman said he tried an expert
ment with tho amnoniacal water from
the gas works, and found by applying it
in January and letting it run down a
slope, the crop OF grass was greatly in
creased.
Mr.. Forbes, of Oxford. said that his ex.
perimcnts satisfied him that he could not
atfori TO purchase manures at the stables
in the Villages, but that he must depend
upon muck and the other resources OF
his farm. The green manure should be
ploughed in deep, and the compost used
nearer the surface. In the increasing OF
manures, he makes use Of muck, soil, and
every green thing, and also feshings and
spent tan and drench from the lime pit
OF tannery, all compOSted together with
the manure and wash Of the stables and
house. He had found much advantage
from the use Of super-p.iosite OF lime.
Hon. Job Prince, OF Androscoggin.
was called called upon and said that he
ieit mortified that he had been bred a
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