The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-06-21
VOL. XVII.

nalt acre IN the garuen. Il planteu aOOu'
one-third Of it to white sugar beet. The
remainder to corn, potatoes, peas, beans
squashes, melons, cabbages, onions, toma'
toes, &c. There was one thing that could
do. had family Of FIVE, three adults and
two children, one an infant. placed hall
hogshead, convenient for receiving the dirty
slops Of the family, including the urine oi
the chambers. This was filled about once a
day through the week, and two or three
times on Mondays. My method OF apply
ing il was this: at evening began at one
end Of the garden, and with pail and dip
per, threw it on the hills and beds OF cv-
erything planted, till the tub was emptied.
The second evening | began where lett oil
the first, and continued on till tho tub was
again emptied. SO l continued to repeat
the same process through the entire season,
or until the garden had become 50 matured
as to need no more food. The first time go
ing through the garden, as the seeds were
not up, used large watering-pot with a
coarse nose. The second time through, l
used the pail and dipper, and applied the
liquid around the young plant. AS the
plants become large, and nearly covered the
ground, l applied the liquid to the ground
wherever il was naked.
And now for the result. / had neigh
Dor, DIR. c., competitor in the gardening
that summer. His garden joined mine, the
same size and the same quality of soil. lie
had plenty of open barn-yard manure and
plenty Of time to work in his garden. He
often bOasted Of having had the best garden
in town, and thought he should have the
best, Notwithstanding mine. But no sooner
were the gardens both well up, than the DR..
began to show signs Of suspicion that he
should be beat About the first of July he
came into my garden and said, al have come
to inquire into the secret of your power over
the vegetable kingdom. The rapid growth
of your garden is a mystery to me. Your
garden was plowed once, mine twice, and
dragged well. Yours was run down and had
no manure. mine was in better order, and
besides, had plenty Of manure. Mine also
has had little better attention than yours,
and now, the first Of July, yours is certainly
thirty, if not fifty per cent. ahead oil mine'
Tell me what you have done to it,"
"well, Dr., come with me into my wood
house." said l. "There, that tub, with the
help of my good wife, contains all the secret
there is about it. have been feeding my
garden as you feed your pigs" "Well now
see what you have been doing all summer.
supposed you were watering your garden
all summer, and wondered why you should
be doing that, when there has been plenty
of rain. Now see the mystery.
That garden, Messrs. Editors, had the
reputation Of being the most thrifty and the
most productive Of any garden in the coun-
try. That was my FIRST experiment with the
waste water of the family. And as that ap-
piled to half aero OF worn out land for on
ly part of four months in the year, came
TO the conclusion that had the whole been
judiciously applied one entire'year it would
have been amply sufficient to keep in high
productive order, two acres. But in this
estimate have not included the excrcment
FROM the privy. My opinion was then FORM
cd, and has been confirmed by later expert
ments, that the manure from the family
would be amply sufficient to enrich as many
acres for the purposes of agriculture, as
there are members in the family, and this,
too, exclusive Of absorbents to be used. But,
by the jud,cious use of absorbents' the
amount could easily be doubled or quadru-
pled even. And this would DO the true way
of sayins. and using the liquid. With the
expense Of one half ton Of guano, in per-
manent fixings, any farmer could make IRON
his house ono ton year through several
generations. 1t will certainly pay.