Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-11-02
AUTUMN APPLICATION OF MAN
URE


URE.
There is nothing connected with man
ure Of more Importance than it, right ap-
pication. Yet the whole theory is very
simple one.--lf diffused finely through the
soil, it is useful if not SO difTused it is of
course, precisely the same As ii absent .
The best way, consequently, to apply a
given quaint of fel,iiAing material in
the state of soiuton-that is, as liquid |
manure, SO that it will come in contact
with every particle of soil. The worst
way is to throw it in coarse Jumps or mas.
SIS over the ground, aud by bad plowing,
halt cover some OF the course Jumps, and
have others uncovered. Ifthe season hap.
pens to be very wet, small portion of
the soluble parts may find its way into the
soil, and u tiuat,ly be useful to the plants;
if the season. i, dry, the uncovered parts
may be Of little possible benefit as mulch
and the covered parts prove positively it,
furious by rendering the soil drier, with
out giving it any rich particles.
But in ordinary practice manure can
not be converted liquid, aud then applied
in water carts. The same result may,
however, be attained i'll effect by diffsr-
ent and far easier management. Let the
rains dissolve the soluble manure on the
spot Where it i wanted, and carry it di-
rectly among the PARTICLES of soil. This
cannot be done in summer. when it will
be dried up rather than dissolved. 1t is
only to be accomplished by autumn and
spring rains, or during winter thaws.-
That is, spread manure in autumn when-
ever practicable. The best farmers attach
great Importance to this practice. The
finest lie ds of corn that we have seen this
year, were in nearly every insta &c raised
on sod that had been nanurqd the previous
autumn on sod; and after few inches Of
the top soil as well soaked with the liquid
manure thus furnished, (assisted in its
downward progress by the roots of the
grass,) and jl't before p a ting time, this
grass was iuytred to a molcrate depth,
and the corn plated upon it. The same
advantages have resulted from autumn
manuriug for any other spring crop rcqui
ring fertile soil, or III the preparation of
land for the spring planting Of fruit trees;
or in enr ching the ground aro nd young
trees already planted
But the qua:tion occurs to many, Chow
shall we get manure in autumn? our ami
mails manufacture it for Us only during
winter. In anwer. it may be observed,
thai some manure is made during autumn,
more particularly from horses ; this should
all be spread before or on the commence.
ment o! winter; another portion, and
very large one, consists Of the droppings
of cattle all through winter, mixed with
cornstalks, straw, &C., ard too coarse for
spring application. Til, should be thrown
into heaps to decay through summer, aud
if some soil turf or muck, previously car
ted into the yard, should be mixed with
the heaps, all the better for the prcserva-
ton of all pats lfthe heaps are sufi-
ciently decayed by early autumn, they
may be applied to wheat fields, after the
land is plowed, and before narrowing, as
We have elsewhere described; but if too
coarse still, fer this pnpose, tD=u they
may be spread on land intended tor spring
crops.
Nearly all the benefits of autumn man
uring may be secured, where cattle and
other animals are k pt in stables or warm
Easements, by drawing out the manure du-
ring the comparatively leisure time Of win
ter, and spreading it at once on the land.
The winter rams, whenever hey occur, and
all the spring rains, will give it a thorough
washing. and carry the liquid into the soii;
but such places must be selected for this
purpose, as viii not favor the accuuuia.
tiou of water into brooks and strealns
and thus carr y off the manure altogether
Grass lands are much the best ior thi,
treatment, by tending to retain the man
ure. Nolhingis better for gardens that are
to be enriched for spring crop, than au-
tu'un or wintcr application Of manure !;
an' 4,wiy planted trees, dwarf pears
strawberry b,ds, &c, receive a great deal
ofprotection against cold By such coat
iDgs which are to be turned in the spring.
CoRN YEAsT.-Contributc 10 the .4-
m'erac IN agriculture isl, by Mrs. l.. Gil
bert, Jones, Co, Iowa; Brown a pint OF
corn as if for cofel pare four middlup