The Republican journal., 1869-05-27
FERTILIZERS.

.anilant fertilizers. Give these and the fortunes
.jltvator, is made. Hence countless ships bring
liz riah freights of guano from the ends Of the
rh whilc chemist and numberless inventors ply
l,r busy wits to make artificial manureS
Allthese are wcll-even indispensable in the pre-;
' condition of things; bnt by reason of their linn
.d means, to most culvator, they are entirely ln-
liabie. Those. having only the trivial dressing
sj,flcd hv small amount Of live stock produce lit
ill., bv LITTLE. never accumulate. and wear ont their
.,.ry lives Ia the endless trcad-mlll of life
ro all such, and to vcrNbody fer who i not
..Jpv interested in thc great food question: We
..uuld -ay that scores Of dollar, IN every family
alnlr,i- in very neighborhoot. thousands in every
tA :ind town. are running to Waste. utterly lost
terv vaar in the things to which little attention.
uih scarcely amy cost. might convert into valuable
t-riztrs thus greatly augmentng both production
pd the heahfunes> of the place, a. heretofore
.aoWn.
See. If 3, man, in the majority of eases, has =
Brook or other place washed by a stream of water,
De is sure Ia PM h~ barn and all his manure depo>-
E, oyer it and if there are none of these natural
ouyeniences for carrying of the best part Of his
lr>sing then ditch is dug To lei into the street
la 4 half DAYS ride We can find hundreds of Just
-lrA places, whose occupants sadly complain that
Meg can produce b little for want of dressing. and
-,uld my these costly commercial manure il they
oa!j.
Another and still greater los, even Where liain
Glars are used which ar rare, Is in the escape Of
l gases from the hennery, the stalls OF the stock
l. one great use Of animal manure is TO furnish
no artitle called nitrogen which exists largely in
,io- plants especially in their seeds, A. IN oat-,
..,rat potatoes, Sc This nitrogen element is in
.luch larger proportions in The urine than i'll the
,ld exerements. and goes Of in the form Of AM
Monia that which gives the peculiar odor TO sta-
.4- 10 guano, &c. Hence the escape Of HE niiro-
ll in this ammonia cause the loss Of the most Yai-
.tbIe part Of manure: thar the very same thing
..Ai.h j, allowed TO pas into ihe atmosphere and to
~ lost as yscl It. to De o1,nsc TO he senses and
ia injury 10 hoslth, is hr chiefly You buy back
ID enormous cost in enuno and other fertilizers.
fhen why not SAVE it ON your premises. and save
.Ym money. too: Nothing is easier; for nature
provides cheap and easy means in ali her works.
Dry earth has been found TO DE most efficient ab-
irbrnt Of those gases, retaining them ANY length Of
uue for lnanuriAl purposes and rendering them in
,lorous ON the sweetest soil. Have on hand. then.
supply of perfectly dry earth. the finer the better
.lrh &, covers roads in dry time. and >lrew this
wherever you find the ammonia arising, even in the
A.,l-t commode~, of which subject, earth closets,
4 b.-
.6h harvest both of comfort aud profit. But. mind,
t}. Garth must be dry to be Of any avail; because rs
fso thing cannot fill the same place ut TIE same
tnc the earth cannot absorb the gt~es if il is flied
Ith water.
too. of these many 1hng-. which are found in
.ul about every household. and containing largely
tl,-c elements so essential a> plant fooi-a>lc~
.ona~ skulls, hair, leather old mortar refuse lime
anil salt house ,lop>, and the rich material. of that
necessary appendage to every dwelling. now nui-
-aua., hut mine of wealth if properly utilized; all
tlu., unc times in ten, lost. and worse, because
.4l obn,c M health and decency, when, composing
tA.m la som, bv-plate with muDl sods or soil,
which ro-l nothing hut little labor, they would
.ipll dressing nearly equal TO gnao, and lur bet
r.r llln most Of the costly patent fertilizers.
Prom thn~e sources alone there can be no doubt
-nd - per cent Of the mNnuria substances, in
r,rry community, utterly and ncedlrs~ly lost :
uot once in awhile Is a thief steals. but every mo-
mallt going And With such waste of capital.
.- any wonder thai farming is thought TO lHy less
arl than most other tmploymcnt>, that The
voting men Of the former are leaving it for ho lat
Ter. Let ship store. bank, factory. on any -uni-
lar thing in the world. suffer but half this annual
loss, ana they would never make dividend aul
completely fail in very ltw years.
Vet nature la kindly provided that nolhing shall
m lost. THESE treasures, washed away by the rains
rooks and rivers, find their way into the ocean to
h-rumc the food of marine plants and animals
These iii their turn. a> sea-wced, shell and fish
f,r guano is mostly only munmyized fiSh--may
back TO fertilize the land which rejected
tmn. Sea-weed and fish a. manure, we reserve
l1r 4 future article.
Hut with AL possible economy in these things,
lhera will still be demand Ton all the fertilizers
which further inventors uld discovercr~ can furnish
Many such are offered for ,alc And among
all the~. We know of none. clrept perhaps pure
ejnno. so much entitled to confidence A, lul
rmosrmArHp EAGLE ISLAND CT lNu. prepared
and for sale in thi, city, by J. II. Kler Esq sam
pies of thi, have been analysed by Dr Hayes The
state assnyer of Mass, who says of it 1t is an cX-
client combination OF matter, anl will be found
highly beneficial 10 all kinds of soils, Il much
needed fertilizer" Th, we should infer from il
composition ammonia, bone phosphate If lime
,nd other salts Of lime aud soda and potash Some
of the prominent farmer, of this county have tried
and highly recommend it. We have ordered :
supply of it for garden use. and shall report lis
Eject in due time. There is this also in it, favor
That Alr. kaer is a responsible and reliable man
and would put nothing upon the market that doe,
uut have the moneys worth in it, and cannot stan,
thc requirements of the law. For, at the last scs
SION OF our last Legislature much needed law wa,
passed - to prevent fraud in the sale of commercial
manures"; which is in substance that every parce
of such manure OF SO bbls. and upwards, shall hav,
upon it the name and place of business of The man
ufsrlurer on seller, and the per centagc il contains
ot both soluble, and inSolubc phosph acid. ant
ammonia; that when these articles fail below
what the label state said manufacturers or sellers
>E,ll be fined ten dollars for the first, and twent,
dollars for the second and each subsequent oflense
md that the purchaser may from the seller
y cents for every pound Of soluabe phoS phorc acid
Gcrnts for the nsou Bile and - cents for every lb
of ammonia deficient therein
ORNAMENTAL TREES.
I'M the first stages Of society where. how 10 sutsiSt
- the great question, the useful must always prevail