Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-09-24

there would be in two or three loads Of that
which had been made from straw litter.
Then. too. In the field /, would be free irOm
all the trouble which long manure frequent
ly givos.
with so many points Of superiority, we
think j, probable tha; sawdus, will, bereai-
ter, Be more generally used, at least in the
neighborhood Of saw.mills."
The Recommendation OF the use Of saw
dust, or any other powerful absorbent for
the mere purpose Of arrrstins the escape Of
ammonia is iallacious.
The exhausted lands Of New England can
only be redeemed by the application Of large
quantities Of manure. To succeed in this
great enterprise, the farmers should all 30
possession Of barn cellars and manure tanks
Of sufficient capacity to meet the eIiscueics
Of the case. All highly concentrated ma
nurcs should DO diluted in several times
their bulk IN water, and turned or pumped
upon compOs, heaps prepared for the pur-
pOse. Leaves aud leaf mould, muck and
native soil. are decidedly the bcs, materials
Tor this purpose. (By native soil, ] mean
the .ubsJil. or tha: which has never been
subjected to cultiution.) Night soIl, hogs
dung, sheep dung and even chttle's manure,
when highly tel, should always be diluted
in several times their bulk in water, and
Turned upon less fcrtililiue substances.
Every family Of five persons, by carefully
SAVING 4ll the chamber I've and iroppings Of
the privy and dilutins /, in ten times its
bulk Of water, and turning il upon a heap
OF muck and native soil, can make enough
in a year 70 plan, an acre OF corn and ma
nurc it well. Doet. Dana says a COW, kept
up, and all Of her urine and hard e1crcmcns
carefully avel,will DO the sane. The eco
nomicAl saving Of the solp.suds Of the laun-
dry is a valuable addition 10 the manure
heap, put it in the tank OF concentrated
manur,s. The dilution of hog dung when
highly led, and night soil, in many time it,
bulk Of water, and turned upon leaves and
leaf mould. muck and native soil, cAnno, be
too strongly impress uPou the attention Of
farmers.
Immense quantities Of manure may be
made by farmers in close proximity TO large
Villages, by securing night soll, dilu,ins and
applying it in this manner. Here in New
England. We eau only measure the amount
OF srops ia acres by the manure on hand.
The farmers Of the rich prarics and bottom
lands Of the wcs, can coupdtc their acres
Of wheat or corn by the amoun, OF toam and
labor on hand.
know farmers IN tins vicinity, who have
within two hundred rods Of their barns
forest tha, yields hundred loads OF leaves
and lea, mould a year, that mover used
thimble full in their lives 10 my knowledge,
that NOW acres and acrcs ha,proluee eight
or nine hundred pounds Of hay per acre,
and farms running out, and yet they are
good farmers"
When wall farmers make use Of the re-
duulant materials Of the earth in the eult-
walton Of their farms? This is the basis
upon which the farming Of New England Is
to-day carried on. believe the great prin.
eipls Of the restoration Of our coil to fertili-
ty /. in the application Of large quantities
OF fmanure-the dllutins Of all highly con-
een,ra,eI mauures in water. and mixing
them with such materials as will hold them
in state Of solution until required by the
growing plant. No, one particle OF saWdusi
should enter this practice. All heaps OF
compos, and manure should DO kept suih-
eieutly wet by continued APPLICATIONS Of H.
quil manure. To resist rapid decomposition
and rot down, not burn or frC-lang. Let
this system be put in full practice, and
these beautiful hills and valleys Of New Eng
land will again blossom Us the rose, and no
farmer will need seul to New York or Boz
ton 70 buy fertilizer. at ruinOus prices. The
mixing Of night soil aud muck in the cities
by the Liebeg philosophers, aud sending in
to the rural districts at two cents Per pound,
would be at an end.
"othslo'. occupations gone."
For the purpose Of putting this philOso-
ply in practice, le, US suppose a case Say
| have a barn eighty by forty feet, with a
GOOD cellar under the whole Of it, for the
parru,1 Of making manure. In the fall and
winter haul in City loads Of leaves and
mould from the forests, fifty loads OF good,
finely pulyeriled muck, 1.-TWO years dug)
ffy loads Of native soil from the bank. /
keep ten cows for the purpose OF making
butter and cheese, beside Eve hogs, one pair
Of oxen, and some young stock. The cows
are 10 have good En:'ish hay and one quart
OF corn meal rer day, which materially in.
erase. the value Of their manure. Now !
have u tank OF sufficient size to dilute all the
manure, placed Immediately under the sta.
BILE, and 50 elevated Us to be near the hoor
and carry the diluted manure TO every part
Of the cellar by means Of a trough attached
to the same. Every morning shovel the
manure Of the ten cows and oxen into the
va, and add just water enough to hold it in
a state Of solution, throwing the bedding
and long manure Of the young stock upon
the heap below. Once week put in your
hos dung aud night soil, with water enough
to make the whole suiielently thin to pour