Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-10-14

Dr. Rust remarked that when the direct
testimony was all out he believed il was rul
able TO introduce corroborating evidence
=, second hand. lie gave an interesting
accouu, Of visit to the experimental farm
under the charge Of the Massachusetts, Board
Of Agriculture. The Superintendent had
given him a detailed account OF numerous
experiments made, with great care, 20 asccr'
tain the relative valGe OF the various fertil'
irers in use. Tho amount Of each Rrticl,
was calculated by its cash value; and th,
result estimated by crop produced. The
experiments proved that the grca,e.t crop
were raised on those brcaiths dressed with
barnyard and home manufactured msnurcs
Careful experiments in feeding stock on III,
same farm had shown that the best feed COT
COW. was tcrd.srass and clover. The food
given and milk produced was carefully
weighed each day.
Mr. Alphin Twiichell Of Bethel. sand tha;
be was in the habit Of using muck on bis
iarm. Increase. hi. manure heap from Il
90 - BY it. u.e. and considers the compost
obtained equal in value % the clear manure,
lie has bed Of muck on his interval, six
60 eight ice, deep. Get. &, out in the win.
ter, and lets II lis over ou, year Puts a
quantity In hi, barnyard. and hos.yarl.
Piow- up that placrd In the b,rnyari 10
NIX itwi,h the dr'ppins' Of the cattle.
Most seasons can get it out without trouble.
Has improved the condition OF his farm
much By it. use. Ills prActic' is q spread
and manure IN the hill. tor corn. General
~ raises COOL corn. Had never usei the
concentrated fertilizers.
Tho Prc,iisu, considered the subjsc, Of
irrtiIilins materials, the most important
one which they could Discus II seemed
90 him that the Old farms we're becoming
exhausted. by the system Of cropping pur.
sued. without aIcquate return 70 the soil
in the shape Of mAnurss. We need to dni
out some means oG keeping a? their conii-
zion. H. has not been able u satisfy him.
III as % the value II plaster. aud other
concentrated manurc.. Has sometime, im.
proved his crops with plaster, and a, Others
could not discover any benefit. Had used
saauo, anl .aPrr.pho'Phatc', with no VS.
Iblr adyanuss. BAruyari manure vas re-
liable.
II We knew jus, VIA, elemsn,. our soil
contained, be thought the absent one.
nigh, be pr1anbly supplied, by the use OF
suano, plaster. &c, a, nigh; b, required.
But We DO not know how u analyE, our
-oi's well enough 1, do this. In ;hs absence
Of .hi, knowledge he thought particular at.
Seugion should be- given to she manure heap
aiding o. It Muck was an excellent
material, % be used As an ah,orbcn, a. well
ls a fertilizer. Place il in the barnyari,
under sink .pouts, in cess pools, &c. The
s,rapus. Of the roadside, decomp5scl sols,
we're excellent, alsO.
lie Wa Of the opinion that our soils were
not generally rlovcd a. much as would be
profitable, especially the harder soils. Tae
plants mus, have something to feed on. The
.0il must DO loose, or the manure will do
little good. The Cbrous roots must hare a
chance to penetrate the soil 10 get 10 the
TODD which b. 10 sustain the plant. Ills cx-
psrisnec had shown that land might be
plowei twice, and in many cases thrcs
times, with advantage. and profit. Tor plant
Ius. Our harr0ws are a poor implement.
The teeth are jus, the form best adapted iur
pressing the land into solid form. Thus
might be seen in setting post. Repeated
blow. with a pointed bar would make the
ground very hard, more readily than any
other instrument. Tney tear Up sod', and
br,ak up "bauk.," but do not loosen the
soil. Recommends the use Of the ox.cul,i-
utor.
Col Par.o0, had used suprrPho'Phate Of
lime without Visible effect, either on present.
or subsequent crops, on corn, bcets, carrots.
and other crops Thought thai on his land
1t was OF no use.
Related an experiment conducted on the
farm q Mr.. Samuel Dvrins The sun Of
Mr.. Deering had put a quantity Of muck in
the yard. Two pieces OF land we're planted.
Mr.. y. told hi, son that be must use enough
more manure in bulk, TO make mp Tor the
muck mixed with it, as il would DO no
good. The son disrsgarded the advice, and
used on one piece the same quantity OF CON-
poet that has father on the other used Of old
manure. Ia the tall Mr.. ID. Acknowledged
that the compos,ed manure had made the
best corn. In each case green manure was
spread.
lie had used muck with good success
considered Ia to l-3 in bulk OF muck, ad-
ded to manure. to make compost more val'
liable than clear manure. 1t needed expo
sure to the air before it was used. Had seen
that land that had been manured even nine
Or ten years back, could be brought into
condition tor crops quicker than ,ha. with
out such manuring. Tie effects Of manure
were more lasting than generally supposed.
Mr.. Thayer said we mus, get our supplies
Of manure principally at home. We have
abundant resources which should be made
available. We know better than we do. a
thing ,ha, does not demand immediate at
tsntion, is pretty apt to receive no at'en.
ton. If the manure bad to be taken care
Of ~ m ,,,y,i.,,tar ssason N would be seen