Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-04-28


EDIroRs Country GENrLniAN-Last year
| made another comparative experiment with
the following manures, which give and the
result of each. The land on which tried
the experiment is an old worn-out field which
has had no manure for the last ten years and
was completely bound out. 1t was plowed in
the fall no manure was used except the fer
tiizers in the hill used II lbs. Of each
kind on 40 hills with the following results /:
Cumberland Bone Co.'S, gave 13S lbs,
sound corn
Glasgow Co.'S ammoniated guano, l26 lbs
Rhodes standard, l2Il lbs.
Andrew Goes, 100 lbs.
Alta Nela guano, lbs lbs.
Rhodes ammoniated, 1874 lbs.
+. f. Goes, 1914 lbs.
No manure, 81 lbs
Fish pomacc dissolved in sulphuric acid
and mixed with loan and ashes, 1877 lbs.
Hen manure mixed with an equal quantity
Of loan, bushel Of compost in l40 hills, IA
lbs.
Hen manure compost as above, with /
ashes and ! at. salt, 100 lbs.
Night soil compost, II shovcliul to hills,
lis lbs.
This gives in the aggregate 46 bushels to
the acre, on ground with no other manure,
and at cost of less than IS cents Il bushel
as my books will show 1t will be seen that
every brand increased the crop at least 80 per
cent, and so up to so, paying at least 100
per cent. on the investment.
| The other end Of the piece was MANFRED
with sheep manure at the rate of 80 loads to
the acre, and night soil compost applied in the
hill, with no better results than the first in
fact the corn cost more, for the reason that
manure will make weeds grow as well as
corn, and consequently require one more
hooing.
From the results | have obtained the two
past seasons, | am satisfied that | can raise
more corn with one dollars worth of good
suporphosphate than from the best half cord
of barn-yard manure | ever saw. Hereafter
| shall raise my corn with superphosphate, and
apply my manure to the wheat crop in this
manner; after the corn is off, pillow the
ground, cart on the manure spread and har-
row it in the next spring cultivate as soon
as it will possibly do to work upon, which
will be in about one week after the frost is
out Of the ground Generally sow from the
LIST to the 10Th of April BY sowing. early
it escapes the nudge and rust, and never fails
of giving profitable crop. The grass catches
better and holds out longer than it does when
the manure is applied to the corn crop.
But, Messrs. Editors, | find that theory
and practice do not always prove true to each
other. Two years ago this spring | mixed
hen manure and ashes, equal parts, and the
result was good, paying sl.0l for the mix
ture. Last spring | composted the hen ma
nure with an equal bulk of rich loan, adding
J bushel plaster. | took pecks OF this,
added peck ashes and qt salt, and used
it side by side with the same quantity of the
first named compost. The results you see
were quite different. The theory | advanced
was that the ashes decomposed the manure
setting the ammonia free, and that the soil
absorbed it and held it ready for the young
plants. But il seems that this is not the case
There was perceptibe difference from the
time the corn came up until it was harvested
| should have said the ashes were mixed in
the field and Immediately dropped and
covered. From this fact, | shall mix no
ashes with manure Of any kind, but use them
as a top dressing. S. G. PArrEE.
Warner n. ii.