, 1860-12-21
agtiepIiuts.
Manual Resources Of the Farm.

Mammal Resources Of the Farm.
n iSsgood maxim Of husbandry, that "a
good farm, like good joint of meat only
reasiEes basliUg with-its own dripping or
in other words, that Il will furnish of itself
Sufhcient fertilizing material to keep up its
maximum productiEeness. As . general
this We may rely upon this statement, and
Ws propose here 70 offer few hints on some
ofahe manurial resources Of the farm.
Tho first grand resource Of the farmer
will be the ploWing under Of greensward
-ths thicker and the heavier the more efiec.
tivs--io enrich the soil for other crops.
Without grass as Q manure, we should find
Il much more difficult TO keep up the fertility
Of our farms. No other crop is 80 constant
inQsDuJh-=ealy and lute, and under ell
ki1ds u tfeatneut-ast sthaE Of the different
grleses No other returns 50 great . bur.
den Of yegetsble growth p the soil, and Of
the sannS llnia furnishes 50 valuable supply
q fp0i for stock, In both Summer and
Wnta f6ragA - this much-aegleCted, yet
everywhere present, product Of the soil.
The growing clover and the grasses lie at
. n very Foundation Of pio6table farming,
q nay b seen from several points Of view.
And first, as above hinted, plowing under
. thick heavy grass sward furnishes an am
pie minnfing for several successive grain
crops. The deoomposition Of the abundant
foals and stems Of The grass supplies nutri-
ton Cor growth Of different character and
having greater money value 10 the farmer.
Hence Il may be good pol cy for the farmer
% give large share Of his labor and at
tonfion 70 producing q heavy growth of
grass on al lands when devoted TO this crop,
knowing that this most cheaply aud efec-
lively prepares his soil for the production Of
plter cropa fafIlrrtF tfF rFTE
/. II smother point, We zee that grhss,grow.
ing tends 70 Improvement, when it Is pro-
dno,d Or ~ b51sdnpiion of apihdls upon
th1 farm We can have no better resource
f8f hahdt8 than n The pficlice of stock.
feeding. md especially b this true Of sheep.
and falicning stock, and in . less degree Of
nlI 10 0inIhls Of the farm Indeed Il has
become ~ axiom Of hnsbandFy that stock
keeping must have q place IN the manage
-Ihl1i d every fhrm % render L probable
Cor cour11 of years. % slii1 .leoag
A second grand resource Of the farmer
Cor manure- for keeping up and increasing
tie fertility Of his iirInl-is not only 10 pas
turt tt1d fodder si0o', but 70 iatteh them BY
't|I I'D ~ IIo grain products of the farm,
>s'H;;-S>>51llo viii not only largely increase
tI. 1m011I oI manure. but win give It, un.
% 0r.rlI 1,naoomt1l, an6cl atehl6r Il
ls.||l1 Ia|1c ns q Icrtli1or. Il was maxim
u O .I,rI|t0 fIlio1I. ~. C0kc, late Earl
81 1.|1. .lcI. l||ll llo value of Iarinyard
Ille + 81 tropofliDl to what h 3 made
cI ~ c,III1 cai straw alone. he dung is
1UIu I|l11 Ih8 otil1 are straw, the farm
h straw, md Ih6 fr|nsf 1 aiAn-they are
an .Ir.n lo1sIhern And 70 conc 70 an
naI1oII.y d bone, John johnson ls hdvo-
p1o7IabI1 Isr Improving tie value Of our
h'ns High FEEDING, aaya be, would
u'1|1' higher mnnuIing' By both making q
larger o1anl'iy and 4 much better qdality.g
A IlIId grand Io.odrce may Be Sund In
I|. |1oI1I11lIbIo muck beds 10 abundant IN
r'o|| s.1||on1 q 10 country. These con
l.'0 f.|I supplies Of highly concentrated
N|..|I0|1 |ood. not only partly cooked, but
.1..10o'' % quote D1na'a = Muck Manual ?
D 1.1 I1l1 found hf many extensive and
repeated experiment.. that On the words Of
Prof IoIrI|onl q b only necessary 20
nh lA|i'|E|oa peat with any suhslancs which
u.|s1111. IapId 1pohIanoous decomposition,
u|'n i VIII moI1 Or less become infected
with ne same tendency 10 decay, and will
I1H be rendered c.nabls Of ministering 70
||1 |I1T|h n cnIflaIc1 rInnlaH We have
'n III1. I1|1M1. given co1sIdoIable atleh-
I'o0 A. '''| sa1.1I but ~ lnp0rInuco win
Allow. I0 frequent fe.a| apon III aiien-
I11 of or readers tlI4 l'lII5laIi
no fr.||t|hr matters Allowed to run
||.'| .I'o1 Ind.l IIrns |shi supply another
I''1.0'. ttsour1e lor improving their pro-
lal|'l1atH| he liquid manure Of stock,
I.t .'ors Of d. kitchen and uashroom, the
c..II.. 1| oIItic1, refuse bones and Waste
I.'n.| m.'|Ir--Il11o. and many other thiagl
c1nhIr|1. or 1.c. ard 1nd heibnliug our
o'|'1l1 rnI 1I1ro.r1onll. would form CON.
o. I..| lf crest richness and no inoonsIG
rr.||eI'|0a DuI rc mus le1ru lhe 6ab-
w. With 11i interested readers, hoping each
win |o11 about hin. ard 30 what ale and
~ |9c.n hI sppIy 90 ininurinl resources
d rs Arm ~
"III IH '.-.'s 'lfI 1nEFa
I'D ". C1LlItLrG B1.1S as nocii. a VI
IIoI|ItuLF LI1il l--IIb question presents
||.0'f Or our consideration not unfreoneully,
H'1n Ne think oI ne quantity Of sacchar-
beard n1IT'l're matter contained n besfs
'~1' |1e'| 1ti|'ly for mich COWS IS veil aaa
III Cd other 1Iool, and Of tie large amounts
81 111h aonr|shing food that can bo raised
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