Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-12-25
agricultural.
Save the Manure.

The manure heap has been, and is not i'm
properly called the Farmers Treasury. and
1t may, in other words, he called his source
Of soil improvement, and that which viii
almost always give assurance, when bounti-
fully and wisely applied. Of good crops.
This being admitted, and no New England
man can or ill deny it, however this sub
iect may be regarded in the " est, it then
becomes question Of the first Importance
to all such. how we can magnify the acknowl.
edge resource Of good crop producing. The
answer is plain, direct and simple Save all
YOU have husband well every source from
which it may be derived.
Strange it may seem. and valuable as
farmers regard manure and lertilizng mater
ials generally, they suffer large amount Of
the manurial products Of the farm to be
wasted, and oftentimes nearly lost. SO far 1t
least as practical results are TO be regarded.
Every farmer who has a barn-cellar NAV
save all his stable-excrements both solid and
liquid. if he will use sand or loam provided
for that purpose, and mixed from day To day
with these excrements as they are daily de-
posted in the cellar
Those who have no cellars viii be likely to
lose most of the liquid excTements. which
are said by Dana, in his Muck Manual, to be
equal to the solids out Of barn windows.
where they accumulate during the winter
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where it is not extravagant t. estimate fully
one-half of the soluble elements are washed
away, thus showing, if Dana : estimate Is
right, that three-fourths Of the value Of the
cattle excrements, with those Of horses and
sheep, are not unfrequently lost, or near
ly
Another source of loss III regard to your
live stock, il, with those who have not wa
ter in the barn-yard, in thus compelling your
cattle TO go 10 brook spring 10 drink it
may be some distance from the barn. Evac-
uations almost always follow drinking as
aforesaid and the drOppings are left where
they are not unfrequently washed away be-
cause it is very difficult to collect and save
them for use. Let all such farmers consider
these things and at once set about remedy
ing these sources of loss and waste.
Besides these sources of manure, there are
others, the pig-sty, henery, Stops. &c.
from the house, all of which. when saved and
multiplied as they may be, BY composing,
add much to those named above and serve 10
increase the contents OF the manure treasury
One remark in passing should not be forgot
ton, to wit, that in proportion as ell these
manurial elements are gathered up and hus-
banded, will hcalthfulness and sweetness of
atmosphere peryade your domicile and farm
Mark this. all who noted for untidy and
slovenly premises.
What we would suggest and urge. even, in
conclusion is. that every farmer, mechanic
or gardener who reads this article should set
about saving all the manure lie can about
his homestead, and this at once, and so both
increase the productiveness Of his titled
grounds, whether more or less, and improve
the neatness of their appearance. All we
have suggested and limited at will be found
quite practicable by all who will give our
hints and suggestions fair trial Economy
dictates nothing less, and prudence cannot be
urged upon all our rural readers.