The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-11-30
not be renewed oftener than twice a week ,es-
pecially if the solid fpcal matter be removed
every morning as in the ordinary manner.

peclally If the solid focal matter be remove,
every morning as in the ordinary manner.
II. But there are some places where it i
not easy to obtain the necessary, or indeed
any amount of muck. In which case brins
in, and use in the same way, earth taker
from the corners of the fences, the headlands
road-scrapings, etc. Any good loan, in fact
which abounds in vegetable matter, is valua
bic for this purpose and its removal from
the places where it has accumulated otter
breaks up an unseemly and pernicious bed o.
briers and weeds.
III. As a top-dressing for fruit trees
leaves composted with other substances form
the best possible manure. Gather them
therefore, from the road-sides and fields, and
they will be found to furnish an amount of
matter which will surprise one who has never
tried what he can do by their gathering. If
YOU cannot gather enough from other sources
and have wood lot, the .oil of which you
do not feel solicitous to improve rapidly, you
may gather the leaves in Autumn, from the
hollows where they settle, besides large a.
mount Of half decayed vegetable matter Of
great value to the compost heap. The leaves
can be also first used in the stable as litter.
". Save all your potato-tops, all the
weeds you pull from the grain fields, and the
road-sides, and all other vegetable matter
worthless for other purposes, which can be
raked and scraped together; for all these
substances i'll their decay supply very valua-
bic constituents for your manure heap. Don't
be afraid of any weed-seeds that may happen
to get into the heap; by the the time the
manure is well fermented and ready for ap-
plcation their terminating power will have
departed beyond resurrection.
V. Let no waste or wash about the house
be thrown away, but let it be cared for ard
husbanded. Everything containing parti-
Gle OF manurial value should be put into prop
er receptacles and at convenient times taken
to the compost heap.
VI. Bones possess great value, but need
some preparation before being added to the
compost. When quantity has accumulated,
break them up with hammer and subject
them to the dilute of sulphuric acid in a
tight cask. In few weeks they will have
become sufficiently fine and may be then add
ed to the heap. In lieu of acid, unbleachcd
ashes may be used, though the process Of
dislrtesration will be comparatively Slow
Bones in either Of these WAYS are excellent
to mix with the droppings Of the hens from
the poultry house. Dilute this mixture with
three times its bulk of dry muck or other
earth rich in vegetable matter, and it makes
an excellent substitute for guano, and may
bs used very advantageously on corn at its
second hoeing, or on the vegetable garden.
III. We have thus barely touched upon a
few methods which the careful husbandman
may put in practice for the increase of his
manure, and consequently of his crops
Muci more could be said upon all the above
points, and others might be touched upon.-
But this may suffice for the present. Enough
has been said to show that no farmer has so
poor facilities that he cannot increase the
quantity of his manure by care and labor
The labor need not be beyond the means of
the poorest farmer, and will tend more d.
rectly to enlarge his income, enrich his land
and lead him up into the ranks of that now
rapidly growing body of progressive agricul-
turists which is fast subduing the earth, than
any other course he can adopt. CDR.