The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-02-19
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THE T FARMER's COLUMN.
Manures.
There Is one thing settled in rel

[ There is one thing settled in ref
gard to farming, That is-manure
always tells, 1tneverf fails. Com
mon sense teaches us that plants
require certain substances essential
to their growth and developments;
and that manure contains these est
sential elements, when applied to-
soil lin a condition most easily reach
ed by the plants, every days expo
rience on the farm proves. 4
Old, worn out fields that have
failed to reward the farmer for his
labor, and whose Iito7gfving ,prin-
ciple to plants seems almost 'entire-
ly exhausted, have, by. the aid Of
manurcs and skilful management,
been made to produce crops equal
to those produced by the virgin
soil. In regard to such ticlds-of
which there are getting to be great
numbers in this part of the coun-l
try; tie first application Of manure
seemC to benefit the soil but little
after the succeeding crop aud to
insure another good yield requires
q repetition of the manuring pro-
cess. This Is the great bugbear
that stands directly across tile path
of too many farmers. They atonce
conclude that the great amount Of
labor, time, and expenses required
to restore the lost energies OF their
fields, will not pay, or at least will
not justify them in going to all that
trouble; not thinking that every
load Of manure applied to their
ground is like dropping u dollar
into their pockets, and at the same
time cancels- a debt they owe to-
ture for what they havetakcnfr0m
her storehouse. PIP 7''ts'i.tt
But to those who are not afraid
ofa little extra labor, and of ma
king o small investment that will
bring them a quick return with
compound interest, we have only
to recommend the three golden
rules in agriculture, viz: make ma
nure, save manure, and use ma
nurc. l .,.,
In regard to making manure no
better plan can be adopted than
composing. IN this way we get
the greatest quantity in the short
est time, and with comparatively
q the least laborauStraly, stalks, ma
nure from the stable, the scrapinga
from the barnyard, ,nwith swamp,
muck, lcached ashes orrich, black
% soil, or all three. mixed indiscrimi.
n2tely, fill the bill. The object ol
adding the sol, or muck is that it
hmay retain the gases which would
otherwise escape while afermenta,
., tion is gong on, as we'll as to In
crease the quantity of manure. d
!, The heap thus formed should
: not be too flat, so as to allow the
water of repeoted heavy rains to
pass through it and wash away the
strength Of manure; nor should it
be sheltered so much as to become
dry and tire-fanged. In the course
of q month or six weeks the heap
should be thoroughly.stirred which
is best done with a fork. In throw
ing it into another heap z care
should be taken to break up all the
large Jumps, thus insur!ng; COM
plete breaking down of ailthe veg
etable fherby thesecond fermenta-
ton which follows the stirring
a 1'Fafmcrs have different ways OF
( composing, yet theyaall amount to
the same thing, provided there is
4. q perfect fermentation and retenl
ItiOn of the gases. aosl5I ~. 10
+! IagBy composing we save manure,
and in regard to using manure the
3 deponent saith not; every man to
Z his notion. JJi9b" ot II q adsraM
,toiSEnq r--.-+--4 ---Ago3
9tli LARGE sums Of moneyaIe expend,
} edanpualIy in obtaining the fertill
qEizipg materiab guano, from distant
dislands in the sea; while, in our
}, eitieslvastt quantities Of materials
embracing the. same propertieslare
? allowed IS -pollute The sewers and
flow unreelaimed into the seaqs..a.
Mrs. Betsy Tc1Ry, IF Antrim, N,
! H., wove fifty yards Of cloth in a
Handle ON last Autumn, She i572