New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-02

better than that Of other fields which only give promise
NJ ANAL stalks and short nubbins. The reason given
nv the short pubbin farmers for not exhibiting longer
ones Is that they had not sufficient supply Of manure.
nd vhv net have ii II Is because they keep but little
stock and that scantiIy fed. to enable them TO
have nav 70 sell They have faith in investing money
in any kind Of fertilizers. They know that stable ma
uure would increase the crops but to buy 1t In the city
boat IL TO the Island cart 1t into tho Interior and apply
II 10 the soil az none making business is too abstruse
matter TO be comprehendsd by this class Of farmers
Thew prefer to pillow shallow plant without manure and
grow nnbbins Occular demonstration Of its advantages
would not lead them buy The piece OF corn
already alluded TO IL point in proof Of this 1t Is
owned BY Judge Causen. who has proved that he can
tboryblv fcrze his land 80 as TO produce uxuriant
crops Of grain grass potatoes. melons, ana VARIOUS
culinary vegetables at n cost OF go per acre.
How IT 10 posE.-It is not by Peruvian guano, but
by something cheaper and better. Ihe 1udSe mas u''
covered something which his neghbors have not yet
found out that is that fertilizer 10 manufactured upon
the Island and only few miles distant from his hrrn
the nripcipa ingredient of which 10 the oa OF Now
York slaughter housesthe enras Of fat bullocks con-
oentrated into potential ammonia. II was this which
gave that rich dark green to that field Of corn -Four
II six hundred pounds per acre. costing az tho rate oi
as per tun. is quantity so small and cost No hg"'
that any farmer. however remote from Navigation VI
railroad TRANSPORTATION has no excuse for growing
nubbns nor timothy grass, half tun per acre, nor
oats 20 short that he can only reap by getting down
upon his knees and it is for the benefit OF all snort
nubbu farmers that this article is written. 1t is to tell
them peremptory. in language that cannot be misnn
de stood that there il no FOR such miserable
"a In trim
terror OF Staten Island And this is the more striking
in nelghborhood in close proximity to tho City OF
New York where this great source OF fertility the
blood and entrais Of bulocks. sheep and swine pro
duced from the annual slaughter Of more than mil
lion and half Of animals Ia cast into the sea as one OIL
the waste products Of this great wastefai city.
little below Rossvile. on the west shore OF staten
Island there is place where small portion OF tnS
waste Ia Manufactured into one Of the most Valuable
fertilizers within reach Of tho farmer l; disgrace
to our boosted intelligence that all tn" BLOOD bones en-
trail, and wasted flesh Of tho immense herd OF animals
consumed in the CITY every year Is not thus converted
and applied to the soil to increase the production anu
cheaper the food OF the people.
Our cattle market statistics from 1854 to lso4 give the
number OF animals slaughtered in the city nt 4sss'o
the ofal OF which with the exception Of few hundred
tuns has been utterly wasted. And to this may De
added all the oa Of FISH, poultry and vast quantities OF
putrefyng fesh beside the mass OF animals that die
within the city limits. Only a mere trife Of this i'm
mense amount OF fertiEng material has ever been re-
turned 10 the soil. The establishment spoke OF at
Rosviils has Q capacity sufficient to convert hye hund
red ,uns per snnum. Ii does not do II because the
manu- .cturer have not found sale for the product
woring at less than onefourth It's capacity 1t has now
l. a a.. IL L.
tsine material ready for the farmers usea material
which have already stated at cost OF ten collars pcr
acre will quadrupe the yield Of almost any other
farm crop. In one instance 1 saw a garden upon
piece Of land so sandy that 1t would scarcely roll the
water II wsshsJ, where this fertilizer had been used
and where there Is now growing most uIuriant crops
Of all kinds OF garden vegetables, including thrifty
grapevhes In l bearing all from the effect Of
hundred pounds per Alongside Of tho garden
was plot OF grass from which crop had been cut
and anott rapidly growing. Outside tho garden
fence was a sandy waste. A little further on tract
containing oap enough Of small timber yielding once
in twenty five years small crop Of frewood. Such land
IL valued and for sale at about 600 per acre 1t ia
much than Il Ia worth for cultivation In the style
common In that vicinity One farmer Ia the neghbor
hood was persuaded against his inclination 10 put all
tho manure he had designed for a ANAL field Of corn
upon onethird the ares and TO apply this new fertilizer
to the other two.,hirls He declared the quantity
commended was so small that It would be Of no use
whatever Ho was sure the little handful Of the black
powder placed in each hill would never produce one
stalk Of Of size sufficient to bear ear. and that
he should lose tho Of his land and labor. Upon
promise OF being paid for both II he failed. he concluded
to try me experiment. lie 10 now in ecstaces at the
result The crop Is far superior TO the portion treated
with stable manure And why should 1t not be, when
look at tho ingredients usedi And why should not
all the surrounding land be made equally productive
Simply because people do not know tho value Of the o
from great slaughterbouses and will not this
great OF fertility to improve their farms and
easily qaadruple tho products
There is almost uncomfortable prejudice against
the OF animal substances for manure because in the
process OF reduction to condition fertilizer gives
out such unpleasant odor.
Ask any farmer what be thinks Of Ito value and no
replies "Oh yes. 1t Is valuable enough. but then 1t
stinks so, won't use it."
III horse dies upon tho premises, near them his
Ia worth $40 upon any Of the poor msnnreless
farms saw yesterday. Instead OF being used it Ia
hauled away woods u feed stray dogs and carbon
crows. else q hole il dug in some oat.oft he.wsy
place. and the body tumbed In to hide 1t from sight as
utterly worthless.
Ask why the carcase not used to make that poor
field rich enough to produce most profitable CROP and
you answered: bah had rather never have any
crop. Tho smell would poison tie whole neighborhood."
The answer only indicates the gross ignorance Of the
speaker. II is not true.
The Rev. L. N. Pcase. superintendent Of the Charity
Industrial School. in Westcheser County. has used
hundreds Of horse carcascs and one Of his large