Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-01-14
MAN URE.

uOnal prosperity
Every plant obtains a portion Of It's
support from the soil, and therefore ex-
hausts the soil Of certain constituents on
which it grows-and hence every crop
diminishes the fertility Of the soil when
The plant is removed from the field. A
succession of crops, raised and removed
from a field, must soon deprive the soil
Of certain parts which are essential to
their growth. and they must languish,
unless an equivalent in manure is given.
II the farmer wishes 10 increase the
efficiency Of his manure, let him haul
marl clay, and leached ashes on to his
sandy land, and underdrain his wet land.
But, after all, these are but helps; the
barnyard must be his reliance. Here Is
the farmers treasure. Leaves, straw, !
hay, muck-any thing animal, vegeta-
bic, or mineral, may be added with pro-
Nv LAoIL iIASt DC uscu ~ aCCuil uldlS
manure, care to preserve, and a liberal
hand to spread it.
The manure from twenty-five head Of
cattle, if properly taken care Of will in
crease the yield of corn, on eight acres
of land, from twenty-five to fifty bushels
per acre.
The cultivation of the corn crop fits
the manure for crop Of wheat, so that
some manure adds two hundred bushels
Of corn the first year, and adds as much,
in proportion, to the wheat crop the Sc
cond year. After the wheat crop, the
ground is then in fine condition for a crop
Of clover. Each head of cattle, with
proper care in raising it, will produce
four cords of manure during the season
Of foddering, and every cord of manure
is worth two dollars.
Without manure, no part of the world
can continue fertile under the exhaust
ing process of cultivation. If the fatler,
without returning an equivalent tC
soil, obtains large crops, he will entail a
barren soil on his children.
. Farmers, then, should save all their
manure, and the liquid is more valuable
than the solid. There is nitrogen enough
in pint of urine TO make pound Of
wheat. To allow it to 90 to waste is as
wasteful as to throw away wheat by the
pound. Stables and barnyards should
be so constructed that the liquid manure
may run into a bowl-shaped reservoir
and that kept supplied with straw, bones
2 muck, or other absorbents that will de
tain it, and its gases.
The manure from the stable should b,
thrown into heaps, and sheltered from
the rain and snow, to prevent it iron
heating, and by opening the heap, 0
= otherwise, it should be kept from burn
IS ing
d All the weeds should be pulled up be
fore they 90 to seed, and put into tn
bagnyard for the cattle to manufactur
b into manure, Ter every farmer Shout
n know that it exhausts the soil as much +
- mature q crop of weeds as it does a Gro
20 Of grain.
Il In the spring every place containin
manure should be cleared for the benei
l Of the field, and for the beauty of ii
IN farm.
- But judgment is required even in ii
+ use Of good thing-and to apply Il
g., same quantity and quality Of manure
~ all crops, is as injudicious as to give II
same quantity and quality of food to 8
" animals.
Broad-leaved, succulent plants, as cor
neets, turnips, cabbage, and the like, a
grass-feeders, and admit of abunda
manure. But small grain, as whei
rye. and barley, may be so heavily m
nurcd as TO run to straw, at the expen
of the grain.
The first crop after manuring, the
-, should be grass-feeder, as corn or GA
- and these fiji the soil and manure fol
80 crop Of wheat the next season.
d. Manure should be applied to the f,
as soon after 3 breaking up as possib
err that it may become thoroughly mix
ON with the soil If it lies long on top
}. the ground, Il bakes into chunks, l
nan mixed with the soil-yields no nouri
ISL ment TO the plants, and, by absorbing
md moisture, increases the drought and
sht jures the CROP Ohio Farmer.
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