Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-08-14
Muck good Time to get it Out

some TO remind them that there Is n
better time TO get out supply OF muc
than during the comparative leisure
the early autumn of the year. In ordI
nary years the marshes, and muck BEDS
are sufficiently dry in September an
October, to make digging as easy 10
as 1t ever is, and in many cases to ad
init of team being taken upon them t
haul out what may be wanted for us
during Winter and Spring. Sometime
there are rains in these months which
interfere with these operations, but us
uslly the ground is sufficiently dry TO ad
NIT of their being carried on with as
much facility as at any other portion o
the year. This favorable condition o
tie ground, and the comparative leisure
which farmers then enjoy, or can at thai
time command, combine to make a few
weeks in the fall peculiarly well adapted
to the work of providing supply OF thi;
material, so important for the economic
al management Of stable manures, and
composts, and for the amelioration of al
most all upland soils. SO important
indeed, is muck, when Of ordinarily gooc
quality, and properly seasoned ard pre-
pared, that it may be safely estimated
that every farmer adds the value OF a
load Of common barp-yard manure to
his store of fertilizing materials for every
load Of muck which he uses judiciously
as an absorbent in his stables, pens, or
barn. yard, or mixes intimately with the
droppings and litter OF his stables and
stalls.
If the foregoing considerations are in
accordance with truth, and their correct
ness, we presume, cannot be disputed, It
follows that all who would benefit their
land, or increase their crops by the use
of more manure than their yards, pens,
and stables, would naturally supply with
out aid or care, cannot, without loss, neg
lect this source Of manurial supply
Except, then, upon new lands, or virgin
soils of inexhausted and almost inex-
haustible fertility, muck may be used
with advantage by all who have it at
their command. And one of the signs
by which good farmer, or good man
ager, may a-days be known, is the
fact that he seizes upon seasons Of COM
paraiive leisure, and times when the low
lands are dry, to provide due supplies of
this cheap, but valuable, material for in
creasing at once the permanent fertility,
and the immediate produce, Of his land.
Our object in the remarks we have
submitted for the contemplation OF our
readers, in this brief article, has been
merely to call to their remembrance GER
tain considerations which might serve to
deepen their impressions of the value,
and Importance, of this fertlizing mate
rial, and 10 prevent their neglecting the
opportunity which is usually afforded at
or about this season of the year for get
ting out supply, not indeed for imme-
date use, as there is scarcely any muck
which can be used to advantage without
more or less seasoning, but for being
placed in the most favorable circumstan.
ces TO get the benefit of the Winters
frosts, and the Summers drying, and
pulverizing, SO as to be duly prepared
for any of all its several uses during the
second Winter. Ifsome few should be |
prevented from forgetting that ferIii-
ger, or at least auxiliary TO fertilizers,
can be had at their every door, which,
by proper management as an absorbent
of urine, etc., can be made nearly as
valuable as any brought from distant
countries or manufactures of doubtful
regulations, or il some few should be
prevented from neglecting the opportu-
nifty usually presented at this season of
the year, our purpose will have been ac-
complished, and our labor sufficiently
recompensed.