Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-12-03
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VNHE FARMERS MANUAL, or =
u Ia@Y q HANDBOOK OF gMANURES.
By D. W. PRESCOTT, v. D.
Dec. End. Is

This little work has b ven gotten up to fill va
cant space long felt by every Agricultural
plain, simple directory for the preparation Of
manuree.
1t is fact patent to every observing man, that
the natural production of manure is far below
the most imperative demand The lands of the
Older portions of our country, and more especi-
ally the Southern portion thereof, cali loudly for
fertihzing agents. Farmers !! you behold your
fields fast becoming exhausted, and the question
force :-"Where and how can obtain this covet-
ed supply p You resort to the Islands of the
Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico for this supply,
but they are so dearly purchased that this bur den
of taxation is too grievous To be borne. You re-
sort to the artificial fertilizers-the supe--phos-
pilates and the ammoniated super-phosphates, the
manipulated Guanos, &c. But here the same OBJ
lection exists the price is too high-far above
the real value of the article, and many of tn EN-
are almost valueless. Millions of dollars are be-
ing expended annually by the farmers of the
South in the purchase of these manures bile
the Improvement of the soil is but temporary
and, if great care and good management in the
after treatment of your land is not observed, they
will be found to be positively injurious, forcing
the production for season, but leaving the land
exhausted, and finally past redemption.
The object Of this work is to teach farmers how
to manufacture ARTIFICIAL MANURES at
comparatively little expense.
1t teaches how to make Compost Manures out
OF straw and plants, green or dry, weeds, grass,
corn-stalks, leaves and rakings of the woods,
peat, muck or swamp mud, saw dust, old tan
bark, apple pomace, sugar-cane, potato and pea
vines, mud from ponds and creeks rich earth from
fence rows, coal beds, &c. RI
1t teaches what is to be added and what is to be
omitted in ing up the compost heap, which
information is of the greatest value to the farmer
1t teaches the use and abuse of Lime, upon
what soils, in what quantities, and in what manner
it should be applied, its effects, &c.
1t teaches how to convert almost everything of
a vegetable character into rich manure in about
three or four weeks time, at a very small ex-
pense.y taa
1t teaches how to manufacture the super phos-
plate of Lime.
1t teaches how to manufacture the Ammoniated
per-phosphates.
1t teaches how to manufacture some ton or
twelve Of the popular Fertilizers of the day at
less than one-half the price now paid for them.
s 1t teaches the advantages and disadvantages OF
deep blowing, draining and trenching.
1t tea ches the advantage Of green manuriug, or
the blowing in of green crops, and the manner
in which it should be done.
1t teaches how to use Guano, what m az and
what may not be used with it. s +
It teaches the prope- use of Plaster as ma
nure. A *G xsE Wy w
81 1t teaches the use of common Salt as manure.
1t points out the most popular errors in making
compost manures. asEss t.es4ss.s,.
These directions can be carried out by any one
of ordinary intelligence.