New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-07
AGRICULTURE.

land Oneida Co., N. Y, asks the opinion Oh '0
ON the merits of his new grass ro,,o 81
f Todd-It makes better hay, is less iapio "
Winter kiln rpens from ten to fourteen DAYS
For blowing under it probably not SO eoOu 10 '"0
large red clover. -, cuo,u.ord
8 HOMEMADE Observation-Disclosures Oi""1o,s
Of Harlem saws be lives near great city, ana Wou.u
on octive fertilizer for growing vegetables lie
nsl,s abont bones Mr. Todd was clear in the opinion
th.t any man could make his own bone-mannre by
Sbe use of sulphurc acid and cheap mill to grlna
'"T G. iPetcrs-with all respect for Mr. Todd must
say that it ia not practicable Let nun soAi Ills ~
~T Henry q MISUNDERSTANDING with man engaged
in the manufacture OF superphosphte e saa ~
manure by making their own phosphateS 'n"n W
buying. ,a ~, ,.41bd f,ll converge
ton with Prof orsford He was pupil o. nSon
and in tis country no has few II any equais III H.
stry applied 20 the domestic ana ns1i Observation-Disclosures
ami gives the following minute dlrectohS; uvS oa
homes together and break up all tho biggest Oh 'e
with an ak or heavy siedge. raw ponos nio
rotrb fine best. because they contain ammonia
in the gelatine. When, by boiling III nrcdS5; %
or by long bleaching, or by burning llc ~. p nns
matter has been wholly or in part expelled the pone
IS still valuable for its phosphate Of lime But raw
or fresh bone properly treated will weld phosphate
of ammoniatle most aeilVo % Tit shaped like
q breod bowl and if the soil is clay he may MAKE ~
tight enough by ramning ana treading bue u niS
soil is sandy 10 should line the pit WIN waSoih
load Of elav Pile the bones in the pit and vet them
thoroughly with diluted suiphurc aclo; oupn19Ilo
acid or OIL OF yl5nol WI no nv fonrtS the
yeigbt of his bones in Sulphuri0 acid II he mas 4H
weight of bones, he should get 100 POUNDS OF
oil Of yitriol 1t costs about three cents pound
la duting the acid more or less water may be used
according the bones are bleaehedl or Oh large sIe
but rule, liable to exceptions that VIII occur 70
the intelligent farmer, five pns, that 49, i've pounds
of water should be added to one pound OF the OIL OF
Yitrio In few DAYS the bones thus treated VIII 90
found greatly softened, SO as to crush unueT, 'e
mixed with some other fertilizer, as dry muck anu
applied in small quantities not directly 10 the seeu.
Muck IT'S COMPOSITION AND NAUE'-oeVerH
specmens of mack from various parts OF the country
some from Berlin Nights, Ohio, and box tuH OF ~
from John T. StinsOn, near Raleigh, n u nave peeh
Whitney the chemist The OHIO muck he has care
fully anayzcd and describes it In the following re-
Two samples of peat from Berlin flights Eiie Co..
Ohio, have been referred to me, and have deter
mined the proportions in each, OF moisture organic
and inorganic matter. One specimen was taken from
near tho surface Of the deposit, the other from
depth of two feet. The former was OF brown Color
coarse in texture, and mingled with pieces OF broken
wood and fine roots. The other of much
darker color finer in composition and contained
humps of decayed material which fell to pieces under
light blows of the ptste.
The first sample, that from near the surface, con-
tanned n per cent Of moisture SIT per cent of organic
matter, and only per cent of mineral matter
per cent of moisture ~ per cent of Organic matter
and of mineral matter 2lt per cent or about three
times as much as the first. The sample taken from
the greater depth was much more dccomposed than
the other and this evidently without the access of
air. This had not ouly caused the relative proper
ton of mineral matter, potash, silica &c, 70 DO
much in excess of the other above Indicated but
had produced change ID tho structure and condition
of the organic matter which would hasten its decay
buried in the SOIL This would cause the evolution OF
carbonic acid to be more rapid, which would not
only supply, in. part the plants with carbon, but
held in solution IN water would ASSIST the elsngrh-
ton and dissOYng of mineral particles IN the soil
Moreover, this condition of organic matter would
greatly increase ITS power of absorbing and retaining
ammonia. The peat; therefore, taken from the
greater depth, would be much better for manurial
purpose than the surface peat. Neither should be
used without admixture with other materials. That
Sm the fop Of the ground could be used to the best
advantage simply as an absorbent of liquid man
ure That from the greater debh after exposure for
few weeks to the action of air and FROST would be
valuable either comPosted with barn-yaTd manure,
or with luanO the refuse of the hen rOOst or other
ammoniated fertiZing substances.
From the large proportion OF organic or vegetable
matter contained in beth samples, there can be no
doubt that if compressed into blocks with suitable
machinery this peat would furnish O 1uel yaIuaDle
where other fuel scarce although the disagree
able odOr given of while burning would be some
thing Of an objection to Its use FROM
the writer is led to infer that the peat taken from
the greater depth could be made available IN the
manufacture Of illuminating gas; and where deposits
of This kind exist near towns and villages, 1t would
he well for those whom it may concern TO make ex-
tending TO such results on practlca SCALE
The writer has considered the two specimens thus
ut length not so much for their intrinsic importance
but because that they may be taken as
average samples OF the peat 1onnd In very
large number of deposits i'll different parts of
the Northern and Western States. and the remarks
that apply to the peat from Ere county, ono may
interest the of peat beds in other sections
may add that the specimen Just received from near
Raleigh, n. c., is much like that Just analysed and
described We cannot too strongly impress upon
farmers the great advantage OF composing muck
with any rank manure Use night soil, hog manure,
hen manure, fish guano, and the mutual action OF
one upon the other will produce fertilizer greatly
superior to muck alone The organic matter in muck
is very similar to the vegetable matter that makes
APP the bnlk of stable manure ana the addltlon OF
little rank matter containing ammonia Will change
load of muck to valuable as that which
commonly comes FROM faTn-yards.
MIGRATION ADYISED.-Seyeral letters have been
received from young in different parts OF the
country. They have read Mr. Greeley's articles and
really wish they could buy land /" they ask
whether Tennessee or Virginia, or Georgia, or MIN
nesOta is the best region.
The Rev. }. q; Greenieat--I am mere to-day 10 get
cOsted by Of % OF 80, married, SOBER but unen-
poyed. They want to get TO the country, but don't
Know how, OF where. or with whom. or what TO do.
Can of this Club get the sound advice for such per
sons
who are not familiar with farm industries, go west;
get into that WIDE fertile, opulent home tor the mil
Ton If ne is industrious he need not be day out
of work Where corn Is sometimes soiu az ~ cen's ~.
family III bread II he knows how to drive horse
he can get good farm wages. His land will cost him
little. No matter if at first his home is log cabin,
nobody there thinks the less of him for 1t:
William Lawton-I don't think the collection so
often made, that one does not understand farm
and most important facts about farming,
can be learned from books and papers.
Ones neighbors will tell him much the first year.
After that his own discretion will guide bin. If he
can't live at farming he conld MT 1--we at anything,
and may as well give II up and go upon the town.
We hear great deal sand about learning the science
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