Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-12-22

so fiat and handsomely as the first.
l sowed the whole piece to oats, SOW
ing across the furrows. After the
oats came up there was so much diff
ference in the looks of it that people
called that upon the deeply plowed
land wheat, until it headed out. 1t
was much the heaviest and best yield
of grain.
J. ". Simpson-A lap furrow is
better than a fiat one, as it keeps the
furrow from packing down so closely,
the sod rots sooner, and furnishes
more nourishment to the crop. l
think manure should be applied near
the surface and buried deeply. |
think those who have used superphos-
phate only this year, are unjust in
condemning it without farther trials,
as it has been very bad season for it
on account of the extreme heat and
drouth. | used it in my garden with
very satisfactory results, and | have
no doubt but it will pay to use it up
on root crops, as turnips, mangolds,
&c. 1t acts as stimulant, and gives
the crop quick, vigorous start
l. ID. II. COIlins-The term stimu-
liant has been applied to superphos-
plate and to plaster. Now if it is
used in the same sense that we apply
the term to liquor when drunk; that
stimulates but does not strengthen
that is, that it is not a fertilizer of it
self, but simply stimulates the soil to
produce crop, | must dissent from
this view. Anything which applied
to the soil will help to produce a crop
is just as surely a fertilizer as is barn
manure, though it may not contain SC
many fertilizing agents. For instance
bone contains large quantity of
phosphorus combined with lime, max
ing phosphate of lime. This applied
to the soil is a slow manure; becaus,
it is nearly insoluble in water. Nov
dissolve the bone with sulphuric aciC
and you have superphosphate of lime
which is soluble in water, and conse
quently, ready for plant food ; and al
though it does not contain so man
fertilizing ingredients as stable ma
nure it is as truly a manure and act
as manure.
! G. F. Sprague-There has been
great deal said and written about Us
ing lime; that it is needed in our soil
which do not contain limestone, t
keep our cattle healthy and thrifty
: but | don't know but our cattle do a
Z well on west hill where the water
soft, and no limestone, as on the cas-
hill where they have a lime soil. Asl
es are great fertilizer, but the
should be applied to the surface, all
never plowed in. They should Mt
be applied Immediately before heav
rain, or their strength will be washe
off into the bitches and gulIieS, an
lost. 1t has hnen said here that pla,
ter was valuable on heavy land, bt
/ valueless on light soil. Col. Nelson
J experiment will not sustain this asse
ton, as his first experiment whic
u failed) was upon heavy land; his Sc
u ohd, which succeeded, was on lig
Is and rather sandy land.
le 4. Scott once sowed some ash
~ on crop of young tender grass al
~ it killed the grass. Ashes, | THU
re should be applied early in the spri
d or late in the fall.
II G. g. Sprag~e-Ashes may be q
re piled with good advantage to growi
IL grain when it is three or four inch
CT high.
III II. MorSe-Should our manure
ne used in a green state, or rotted beft
Gu using?
l'n J. ". Simpson-As rule, mani
should be rotted before using, thi
49, but to apply to light, sandy land
IL would prefer green.
'ur |. ID. r. CoLLins-If nothing
oil value is lost by letting our winter 1
ev. nure remain in the cellars or sh,
,ar until fall, it must be the best way
we save very much in freight.
- WHY Cur FEED Is BEST.-At a
Tic cent meeting of the Farmers G
ties the old question of cutting feed v
pretty thoroughly discussed. N.
ere Meeker, the agricultural editor of
70 Tribune, observed that nothing co
be gained by cutting what was
= good feed before that operation
erl' Some seem to think that by cult
ter wheat straw and the butts of c.
ctalkS and addinn meal to ind