Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-06
Manures.

a. 4 Manures.
From Petot&Henderson's "Gardoning for
Profits" work'of great value advertised in
Inst number, VIC cxttact,the chapter in rcla-
tion to, manurcs. perhapsisail explain why,
asgoods many Of our Southern gardeners have
tsgo8 n luok With Cabbage, Cauiilowcr,' Celery,
isScsss sSa
The quantity, quality, and proper applica-
tion of manurcs, is of the utmost importance
in alb gardening operations, and fpw have any
conception OF the immense quantity pccessa.
ry to produce tho heavy crops seen in our
market gardens. Of stable or barn.yard ma
nure, from 80 to 100 tons per acre is used,
and prepared, for ut least six mouths previous
", by thorough turningsand breaking up to
prevent its heating undaly. The usual meth
od is to have the manure.yard formed in
lower part Of the garden, but if there is no
natural depression, one may be made by dig.
ging out from Is to "a inches deep, nndeS
closing it by fence about feet in heipth.
The wagons are driven alongside and the green
manure thrown into the enclosure, care bcing
taken to have it spread regularly hogs are
usually kept upon the manure in numbers ss6f-
iicient to break it up, they being fed in part
by tho refuse vegetable and weeds of the gar
den.
The manure Of horses is most valued. as
we consider it weight for weight, of about
one.third more value than that of COWS or
hogs; on stiff soils it is of much more benefit
as a'pulverizcr. There arc many articles.
the refuse of manufacturers, that are still
wasted, that have great value as manures. -
Among others, and of first Importance, is the
refuse hops from the breweries It is doz
Gu years ago since they first began to be used
into our gardens about New York; at first
they were to be had at almost any brewery
without cost, but the demand has SO incrcas-
cd, that the pricc to day RACES even higher
that of the best stable manure Aside from
its high fcrtilizins properties, it is excellent
for breaking up and .pulvcrising' the soil, and
! as top dressing or mulching, to protect from
the sun In sumner, or from the frost iii win
ter, it has no equal. From my experience
with CHS fertilizer, L considerit to be of:near-
ly double the value Of ,shatof stable manure,
ltreauires TO be com posted sih. the Sans man
neras SSt and
must pc either spread regularly over the hog
yard, or else turned once in two weeks to pre-
vent "Grc fang" from violent heating
Another valuable refuse from our manufao.
tories is the shavings aud scrapings from horn,
or whale.bone mannfactorics The best way
them thoroughly with hot manure, in the pro.
portion of one ton of shavings to fifteen of
manure; the heated manure extracts the oil
from the shavings, which is intcrmingled with
the whole. l have, on several occasions, seen
the mixture of five :ons Of whale bone shay
lngs with our ordinary stable manure make
'S4OO per acre difference in the value of the
crop; but, of course, such manufactures are
not common and it is only.n certain localities
that this fertilizer can be had.
Another valuable fertilizer from manufaos
tories is "sugar house scum" which is co,n-
posed largely Of blood, charcoal and saccha
rine refuse; as it heats violently, instead Of
being thrown in heaps by itself, it should be
compostcd with equal quantities Of soil or
muck, and turned frequently, so that the
whole is thoroughly mixed; thus, when COM
posted. it makes an excellent manure at TWEEN
ty tons per acre; it is best applied by lightly
plowing, or deeply narrowing in.
Of concentrated nanures, perhaps the best
for general purposes, is pure Peruvian Guano; !;
this for general crops, when used without the
addition of stable nanurcs, is put on at the
rate of from 1000 to 1900 pounds per acre !;
it is first pounded to powder SO that it can be
regularly sown over the surface, after blowing;
IL is then thoroughly narrowed in, and the
cropS .sown or planted at once. In my ex-
best concentrated fertilizer
eNr of bone; in experiments
sa( crops of cauacwer and
= in the same manner as
Of nearly 1000 poat,ds
SSi kst satisfactory results
Sj! |(55 Endho, where that had
rate OF 1900 pounds per
Is manures to the soil, We
! b cred the great Importance
market gardener, 1
!S|1 stting large quantities
9tbe scnvcngsrs Of Jersey
|, ,Cisy S MIss ESss lpiSed with stable manure,
charcoal, saWsdpst or any other absorbent
most 'conyenisht, and applied so misgd'at the
rate of5abont 20 tons per acre Tho crops
raised with this manure arcsehoruious, for two
or three years, but gradually began to lose ef,
feet, and in five years, from the tino we be-
gan to ,nso it, it required nearly double tho,
weight Of thiscompost to produce eyenan av-
erago crop. I then abandoned tho use Of
night soil and applied refuse hops instead, ,,at
tho rate Of about go tons poracre, w,thmarkcd
improvopent fbnt 4 t|ajSaWaasfor tho first and
second yeats falling Off.
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