Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-11-30
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HOW TO MAKE MANURE.

As the accumulation ofthe manure heap
is Of the utmostimportance to the husband
man, it should BE- looked after carefully by
every thrifty farmer. l will state our
plan, which we find pays US very large
profit for the labor incurred, the material
costing nothing, namely meadow muck, of
which we have an abundance on the prem
ises, as is also the case with most farmers
in the neighborhood. Now, as this is the
season of the year when we have our barn
yard entirely cleared of manure, we take
the arst opportunity of leisure time that
occurs, (Which all farmers do have some
time or other) and set one of the men with
horse and cart, and let him haul into the
yard from the meadow whatever quantity
may be desired, say from thirty TO fifty
cart loads, and distribute it in the lowest
places in the yard where the liquid man
ure settles; this we leave in that position
until the following summer, throwing the
manure from the stables, together with
that which aeeumulates over it. During
the winter and spring it absorbs greater
part Of the liquid that would otherwise run
out of the yard and be wasted if not saved
in some other way, (of which | will speak
hereafter J This is then left, as before
stated, until the following season, when
Gla ri -, all "a e tb ho,,
ed out by itself and deposited in heap in
the field, where the corn is to be planted
the next spring, and left there during the
fall and winter; if there is any short MAJ
nure, ashes, or any thing of the kind mix
ed with it, all the better we mostly mix
aportion of our hog pen manure with it,
leaving the ashes to go into the hen house
During the winter, when the frost is out,
we have this mass turned over ouce or
twice, so that the freezing and thawing
may perfectly disintegrate it, when in the
spring, it is in good condition to apply in
the corn hills before dropping the corn,
for which purpose it is very valuable, CIV
ing the young plants thrifty start, and
stimulating it all the season. or if not
wanted for that purpose, to spread broad
cast over the field and harrow it in. Thus
we take out and replace every year.
As mentioned before in regard to the
liquid that runs from the barn-yard, we
save in this way: we have reservoir dug,
say two or three feet deep, into which it
flows, and which is in connection with the
hog pen, and where the hogs have free ae.
cess.
This pit is partly filed with muck,
which the porkers are very fond Of turn
ing over again, Especially if little corn
be mixed with the dirt when thrown in, J
mixing their own excrements therein, thus
forming most valuable and substantial
manure, especially adapted for the garden
and the fruit trees, to be dug iu aud around
their roots; or else composted with the
former mass. 1t is manure that there is
no deception in, as is the case with SO
many o the so.called "tertilizers.' which
are thrown into the hands of the farmer
There is in this country vast amount Of
wealth allowed to run to waste, WEIGH
might be saved, and would amply repay
the owner for all the labor and expense
incurred therein.-[Correspondent Farmer
and Gardener.