National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-02-21
Making and Saving Manure.

1t should be a cardinal principle
with every farmer to economise his
manure. Upon il depends his sue
cess, and without it his labors must,
to Il very great extent, he without
profit. If not attended with absoll :"
loss. If it is necessary to have the
lower side If it protected by a wall.
or some Arrangement by which the
escape of liquid manure may be pre-.
vented, it is equaiiy important to
have II spout TO convey the rain wa
ter from the roof OF the barn in SOME
other direction than immediately
through the baruyard. 1t is bad
enough that the manure heap should
/ he exposed to the rains which fail
/ directly upon it, without adding to
1t the dropplngs from the roof OF the
barn.
Ifsuch improvident farmers We're
/ to behold the actual value of the fer
! tilizinG material thus lost, rolling
from their purses il the shape Of dol
lars and cents, how energctically
would they labor to prevent this
waste. The loss of u single little
gold dollar would stir them up to u
greater activity than the direct
waste Of a hundred times that little
dollars value i'll the form of liquid
mannrc. Year after year, silently.
steadily the golden streams are
flowing from their purses. Tell
! them of their error, and they ac.
, knowledge it, but rarely does it hap.
pen that being reminded of it in II
| friendly manner, they make a single
effort to correct it.
How many are there who. after a
life time Of steady, urremltting toll,
find themselves no richer in lands
IL money than when they began
They cannot explain the reason
Other causes may baye led to sucl
di>couragcing results, but of the
drain Of liquid manurcs from their
barnyards had been checked when
they began tarming, very many o
these unsuccessful ones would have
been as prosperous as their more
provident ncighbors.
Every farmer subScribcs to this; he
knows it well, but thinks he can &c
no better, under his circumstances.
than to let it 60. He thinks, if hG
had cOnvenienccS. he would like t,
try the effects of liquid manure but
everything wants doing first an(
gets neglected or, il he had an,
vegetable refuse at hand which II,
could haul to soak mp the waste liu
uid. ic cOulu Go tnat, Uut such vast
he has not.
Now, one Of the very best thing
to soak up manure water, and maxi
into the best of manure. is common
clay. 1t will pay any farmer well Il
haul clay to his barnNard for its ali
sorbng properties. When this can
rot lie had the washing OF roadsides
cleaning OF bitches, or anything
that comes to hand, may be used in
stead. There are many other NOR
/ complicated ways of making ma
? nurcs' by chemical Ingredients, bu
4 this is Il simple one which every on
l can understand. All it wants is I'll
; command of Labor, and this is til
[ main point in which so many farm
L crs err. Not to employ much,' br
= to do all possible ones self. and i
the rest co. is the general pl
t TIE farmer iorgets that when o.
, buys a ton OF guano, he has cm' .o
| ed sailors, shipowners. commi So.
< merchants and many others. at r
y at which another hand on his fam
e employed at nothing else but maj
e ing manure, would have produce
( him immcasurab'y mere value.
II is not So much what is made, 4
= what is saved, that leads to riches
: and how to cconomisc in manur,
t and yet have abundance, is one ,
the great secrets Of becoming a ric
Vt farmer.-Netc England Homestead.