, 1864-04-23
Fall ManuYine.

At late meeting Of the Philadelphia
Farmers Club, the principal item of con.
was the subject of fall manuring'
We recommend to the careful attention of
oul agricultural readers the following sug-
gestions from practical farmers. The Ger.
Telegraph gives the following di-
gest Of the matters discussed:
Mr.. Bright expressed himself favorable
TO the application Of manure in the autumn,
to remain upon tho surface through the
winter on such lands as were intended for
corn or other spring crops. He said that
the practice had, in that neighborhood, been
pretty generally adopted, and from his ex.
perience and observation he was led to be.
lieve that it possessed advantages over
spring nanuring.
Ms. Landyeth united in this opinion, 30
far as he was capable Of Judging, from some
experience in this mode Vf application.
He thought that it was in accordance with
common sense that the land should be nd.
ditionally benefited by this over the COM
mnn mode Of hauling out manure and GOV.
ering it at once. With much manure, in
some seasons, the decomposition would not
sufficiently be progressed to benefit the
young plant when it needs support the
inost. Beside, the protecting Of the sur.
face against the effects of the sun and wind
the constant changing Of temperature, in
freezing and thawing, was Of much advan
tage, to say nothing of tho enliching in
fluences of tho manure, which, for portions
of the year, would be finding their way
into the soil, long before the haulm Of the
application would be turned in to fulfill its
Office.
DR.. Elwyn was quite decided In his ap'
proval Of fall manuring for corn or top
dressing grass lands. He has never heard
of it giving dissatisfaction, but was quite
averse to making the application upon roll
ing or rather hilly lands, as upon them
thre would be much loss from washing
&c.
Mr.. Sheridan differed in his views, rs to
the advantages Of fall Inanuring, with all
the preceding gentlemen. He had not par.
ticuIary experimented, but he had not yet
been convinced that the spreading Of man.
ure upon the surface in the autumn TO re-
main Trough the winter. exposed to the
sun, rain, aud winds, would not seriously
intrrlere with the effect of the manure
He said the land required all tho genial
warmth of the sun. during winter. and
doubted that auy benefit from shading il,
at this periud, would make up the losses.
His practice has been to haul out oil his
manure as fast as Il accumulated, fresh from
the stables. and blow Il under as soon as
possible. lie said he hauled from the city
one Thousand dollars worth of manure an.
nually. besides PURCHASING wood.ashes at
The l,nekilns. lime. &c: but ali was buried
ont Of sioht st once. He admitted that he
had found benefit from top dressing grass
lands 4, the iall. and approved the applica.
tIon 50 far as that description Of crop was
concerned. Mr.. Sher'dan Il 10 well known,
has perhaps the largest. and assuredly one
of tke yery best arms n the rural wards
Of Philadslphla. and his experience has
heen very extensive.
Nj. Landreth replied and said that there
was no evaporation or loss Of the volatile
portIons 81 The manure during the winter
muntbs Il reouired 4 certain amount ot
h.at 3, produce evaporation which did not
exist during this period.
Gen. Patterson h a no doubt Of the
rood eiiects Of shading the ground for three
Or fur months Of the year. when Il could
NOT le used for any Of ihr purposes Of farm.
ing. H. stated that Il was very Common
practice among the sugar growers Of Louis.
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