Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-12-27
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, DEC. II, 1861.

is also incorporated in tho mixture, and the
whole, when it becomes to wet and deep for
neatncss, is thrown out into the vat, where a
little fresh muck is thrown upon it. Under
ordinary circumstances the muck need not be
renewed Ottener than twice week especial
y if tho solid focal matter be removed every
morning as in the ordinary manner.
IL There arc some places where it is not
easy to obtain the neco sary, or indeed, any
amount of muck. In which case bring in,
and use in the same way, earth taken from
the corners Of the fences, the headlands road
scrapings, etc. Any good loan, in fact, which
In vegetable matter, is valuable for this pur-
pose; and its removal from the places where
it has accumulated often breaks up an I'M
seemly and pernicious bed Of brior8 and
weeds.
Ill. As top-dresing for fruit trees, leaves
composted with other substances from the
best possible manure Gather them, there
fore, from the road-sides and fields, and they
will be found 10 furuish 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 soil Of which you do not
feel sJicitous to improve rapidly. you may
gather the leaves in Autumn, from the hol.
lows where they settle, besides large
amount ofhalf decayed vegetable matter Of
great value to the compost heap. The leaves
can be also first used in the stable as litter.
Nv. Save all your potato.tops, all the
weeds y9u pull fron the grain fields, and the
road-sides, and all other vegetable matter
worthless for other purposes, which can be
rokcd and scraped together for all these
Substances in their decay supply very vaIua-
bic constituents for your manure heap. Don't
be afraid of any wced-seods that may happen
to get into the heap by the time the manure
is we'll icrmontcd and ready for application
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 and
husbandcd. Everything containing a parti-
Gle Of manurial value should be put into prop
er receptacle5 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 a quantity has accumulated
break them up with u hammer and subject
them to the dilute Of suIphuric acid in tight
cask. In few weeks they will have become
sufficiently fine and may be then added to the
heap. In lieu Of acid, unbleached ashes
may be used, though the process Of disintc-
grafton will be comparatively slow Bones
in either Of these ways are excellent to mix
with the droppng5 Of the hens from the
poultry house. Dilute this mixture with
three times its bulk of dry muck or other
car h rich in vegetable matter, apd it makes
an excellent substitute for guam, and may
be used very advantagoousiy on form at its
second hoeing, Or on the vegetable garden
VII. We have thus barely touched upon
Il few methods which the careful husbandman
may put in practice for the increase of his
manure, and consequently Of his crops
Much 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 faculties 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 viii tend more direct.
| y to enlarge his income, enrich his land, and
lead him up into the ranks Of that Tow rap.
idly growing body Of progressive agricultar-
lists which is fast su5luing the earth, than
any other course he can adopt .--Corrcs P0ad-
eacc Caledon an.