Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-06-21
Agriculture in Orleans County.
No. 4.

Of home mauurtS rs one OF iht aNald-
BILE means Of preventing deterioration OF
our soil. We have a few, very few,
barns in this county which have been
constructed with reference to this object.
But it is true with regard to most barns,
other couyeniences only have been con
sidered in their structure The promi-
nent objects are first, the stables are So
built that the urine of cattle ia almost en-
tireIy wasted, or lost. Thjs loss is almost
equal to the loss Of the COW auH2, or sol
id dropping, of cattle The next object
Is in the exposure Of the manure 10 The
rain and wind, by which nearly or quite
half Of its value is lost before it is mixed
with the soil. Thirdly, many yards are
SO constructed that the wash Of them Is
lost by drains or evaporation.
At small expense,a she'd may be bgilt
over the manure heaps thrown from the
stable windows. and DAe bottom Of this
filed With muck, soil, leaves, brakes, &c.
A tight trough may be constructed back
OF the cattle in the slaLI- 10 receive and
hold the urine, and in this trough may be
daily placed enough muck, soil, or other
substances to absorb and preserve the
urine. 1t may be made Of good planks
Thirdly, the barn yard may be made
dshing so that water will flow into the
middle from al parts Of the yard, aud
muck, leaves, &c. lie placed 70 az 10 be
acted on BY such waste water and be
converted into COED manures.
More, Mr., Editor, may be saved IN
the county during the next ten years by
merely following the above suggestons
with regard to saving and improving the
quality Of manure, than tue entire gain
of properly during the past decade
But Orleans couGty has immense other
resources for preventing the deterioration
of soil and maintaining il, productive
ness. The towns lying in the 'ca!care-
Gus mica slate region are furnished will
many million cords OF sphagnous muck
or peat, every cord Of which is or may
easily be made more valuable than Sc
much manure The position OF these
muck or peat beds affects their value ma
terialIy for immediate use. From some
the muck may be applied to The land viii
no other preparation than to throw il up
and expose it 10 frost during one winter
The best wheat on my own farm the pas
year was grown 10y the application o
such muck, aud was dly better than
wheat grown on similar land enriche'
with barn manure of equal amount
The mucl, bed had been drained for tw
or three years before the muck wa
thrown up, and ha, for long time TT
ceived the waste water from the rua,
buildings, &c, which la, furnished moI
u '''' ''~'' 49, 49,;
A"y ''u'N t'7 "'' ,.I
oe 'oU"' =, H'A' ''''' , o., 1 ,,,.'
ed two or three years The d,ches mus
'e 30 ''''U' 40 ~ ''' "" '''N wa. ,'
co'u springs '''" ''' ~ 0'''''''- -
where h"'u'a' p""u' ""e' 'N's''' "',
the beds nave been mica Up wv" ''''
also the ponds m"ue by oe"Sef ""'H' al
now thus h'Ied' 'n' lnu'N : '''' al
more valuable INA" "n'n 'ou''u WI INV
ned pla'n' or ''de mis- whenever '"'
beds can be a"cned SO Una. Inc SUR"
VIII De TWO or 'h'ee 'ee' "Oo'e -'"''u''
water 'h' MUGS may oe '''''''''' ~
ooia'ned dur'"S Almost any '"'' VI =,
year II Is 'e'''r 10 '' "''seo ".'o " -
before RECEIVING nc waste was" o' J.
house or urine OF Tue harn' Sueh o'
abound in Derby part OF Holland P'
of Morga" and Charleston part OF ,
lem, part OF Newport, in BroHnlng''
parl of Barton, pant Of lra-ourgh-ve
abundantly in Albany, CraItsoory, 1"
Glover, and IN part OF Greensboro
Derby bro"m"g'oH' AI0a"y' H'oN
and Cratt'"uFy' The 9i-'r'o"''0n is mo
Uniform Than IN any OF The olnefS'