Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-10
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Manurial Resources On the Farm

Aanur1ei Resources on the Farm.
i It is an old maxim of husbandry, that '
goes farm like good joint OF meat, only re
quires basting with its own dripping or il
other words, that it would furnish itself sufi
ciena fertilizing material to keep up its max
imun productiveness- As a general rule We
may rely upon this statement, and we propose
Lera-to offer few hints on some of the manu-
rial resources of the farm.
The first grand resource of the farmer will
be found in the blowing under of grecnsward
the thicker aud heavier the mere effective
TO eHfieh the soil for other crops. Without
grass as manure, We should find it much
nors-dlAEesae - keep up the fertility of our
farms Ne Other cropis 81 constant in growth
early and late, and Under all kinds of treat
meut--as that of the different grasses. No 9TH
er returns so great burden of vegetable
growth to the soil, and at the same time fur
nishes SO valuable supply Of food for stock,
in both summer and winter forage, as this
much neglected yet everywhere present, pro-
duet of the soil.
| The growing of clover and the grasses lies
at the very foundation of profitable farming,
as may be seen from several points of view
And first, as above hinted, blowing under a
thick heavy grass sward furnishes ample
manpring for several successive grain crops
The decomposition of the abundant roots and
stems of the grass supplies nutrition for all
| growths of different character and having a
greater money value to the farmer. Hence it
may be good policy for the farmer to give
large share of his labor and attention 10 pro-
ducihg heavy growth of grass on all lands
when devoted to this crop, knowing that this
most cheapy and effectively prepares his soil
for the production Of other crops.
Ia another point we see that grass growing
temps to improvement. when it is produced
for the consumption of animals upon the farm.
We can have no better resource for manure
than in the practice OF stock=eedipg, and es-
pecially is this true of sheep aud fattening
stock, and in less degree of all the animals
of the farm Indeed it has become an axiom
of lusbandry that stock keeping must have
place IN the management Of every farm to rem
der It profitable for couise Of years
a second grand resource of the farmer for
manure-tor keeping up and increasing the
fertility OF his larm--is not only to pasture
aud fodder stock, but to fatten them by the aid
Of the grain products of the farm This
course will not only largely increase the
amonnt of manure, but will give it. under
proper management, much greater effective
value IS a fertilizer. It was maxim of an
excellent farmer, Mr.. Coke late earl Of Lei
cester, that the value OF farm-yard manure
is in proportion to what it is made of. If cat
tie eat straw alone, the dung is straw alone
the cattle are straw. the E,rm Is straw, and the
fnrFaeG is straw they are all straw together
Afdsso Gene to an authority at home. John
johnson has advocated this course as tie most
effeetive and profat bic for improving the value
Of our farms. High feeding" says he.
would make higher nlanurng, by both ma
king larger quantity and much better quail
ity."
4 third grand resource may be found IN the
inexbaustible muck beds so abundant i'll most
supplies Of highly concentrated veget;s-
Bile food, not only partly cooked bat seasoned. /
to quote Bana's Muck Manual" 1t has
been found by many extensive and repeated
experiments, that (in the words of Prof. John /
sfon) at is only necessary to mix halfdried
peat with any substance which undprgOes +
rapid spontaneous dccompositiop, when il viii
more or less speedily become infected with the
same, tenden.y 10 decay, and will thus be ren-
dered capable Of minisiering 10 the growth of ]
cultivated plants" We have in former vol
umes given considerable attention to this sub
ject, but its importance viii allow of its frc- i
quent recall upon the attention Of our read
ers.,
The fertilzing matters allowed to run to
waste upon most farms might supply another
valuable resource for improving their prodne
tiveness. The liquid manure of stock, the :
81 ,ps of the !:itchan and wash-rooln, the con
tents of priyies, refuse bomes, and waste AM .
NAL matter-these and many other things cum
bering our back yards and befouling our Gel .
lars and store rooms, wonir' form, a compost ,
heap of great richness and no inconsderabie
value. But must leave the subject with
our interested readers, hoping each will look .
about him and see what are, and how he can +
best apply the manurial resources Of his farm.
= Country Gentleman. !