Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-22
horticultural.
Management of Baru.Yard Manure.


and the course taken is being carried out
perhaps the manure all used. Many farmer.
get out their manure in the spring for hocd
crops or ON grass: some do so In the winter
and whore fresh manure Is TO be- apriicd then
or i'm the sprinr. IL is the best time.
But from various causes. many farmers LET
manure lie i'm the wards whore droupod oi
thrown from the stables. until i'm the summer
or fall In the Northern States the season.
are 20 short that it i. very difficult to get out
large amounts of manure In the spring. When
the land is dry enough To bear teams and
loaded wagons without injury. en- the force OF
teams and men i. needed for other work. In
late. wet springs this is especially the case.
and many who wish to get out manure for
ynrinr crops are not able TO do so Other.
intend TO blow under manure fora summer
c,llow. and many save it for wheat thai is TO
be sown after spring crops.
when from any cause manure /. thu. left
u the ward. | wish 10 suggest the importance
OF having il well piled There is DO way Boo
which ii will waste more than whom rather
thinly scattered over large ward. Then.
while there is bulk enough to induce some fer
mentation. there is still large surface. from
which valuable volatile portions. especially
ammonia, may pass of. while it is also badly
exposed 10 washing having not only % large
surface to be rained on, but more or less un-
der the caves besides. Where there is plenty
of litter used and mixed with the manure, il
viii absorb considerable portion of the am
monia; so it is a question whether there may
not be more lost by washing than by evapo-
ration. But, however this may be, there can
be little question that largo part Of the los.
may be saved by piling the manure The
sides and ends of the piles should bc pcrpon.
dicular, and the top dishing. Then there can
be little loss from washing, as little rain can
fall on the sides, while the top will hold and
take up all that falls on it. and thus help the
fermentation and rotting
The active fermentation in these piles de-
vclopos more Of the more valuable properties
of manurcs than are likely to be secured in
any other way More ammonia is thus form
cd while from the much smaller surface ex-
posed, aud the amount Of decayinr litter
vegetable mattcr--to absorb IT, there is much
less waste by evaporation. The smaller por.
ton which may still pass of from the surface,
may he saved by covering of few inches Of
muck or oam, which, if well covered with
nlastor f.,,nsn,, viii bn An bo,,or Rnt /,
may be a question whether the comparative
loss from the fermenting piles Is actually as
Iorro os I, o,,,,o,.s Tho ,oso,,,,, ,c or,,ro,,;,
il eosiIv detected IN, tho odor ~ rou ms Ly
liimus paper. But the escape Of nitrogen is
not so easily known. Hence it is question
whether in spreading unfermentod manures,
;,.li,. oho,,,,,l :. r. - ia
or,t:1 and - az ,''' e,' ''''y '9i MI,
too,od sue '''' '
Rnt vbotber tboso s.;o,,,;e,. t,.,..o,., ,.. .o,o
M, 49, an. AMI -, ~, Ill
l,o ,r;sbod ,ta -, Iii g.,
to1 and ro.t"5 "e, ' .I, " WV ~ NJ
In NO 49, I'LL ,;ii "9','n.? RI
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md a,,,,l;od on 49, ,od, ,I,a 49,, -
so,r;,,i NJ oor,, -, -, e,
Liza - .bo s,,rc,a H. 49, c siI'
ad,,ontoo al nJ 'oas ,',', ~ 80
IF The mornres sncb % ran 0v, bainn mnnb
mora ;namod;atoi,. ~, ' "nS oa, o, "uo h
lese 10 ,be acre Z nee5ed Tor@cr and bc'ter
results are secured bv onnlving from 10 70 %
loads in this way than bv from 30 TO 30 loads
plowed under. as taken from the ward in tbe
spring: and while il might be ,boupht that
the effects Of well.rotted monure would he
much soonor exhausted tb;s 10 no, nnnd 10
be the case. os. AT least in many instances il
has been found much more LASTING John
johnson has been n nionccr in his as VOL ms
many other imnrovements and nr,er rcncated
triois he found Nat one load NJ uollIr,,,od
mannre nrodnced ms GOOD resnlts os ,hrco or
four Of lone fresh manure mi. has also
becn tho cynoriencc Of n,any othor o,oo5 c,r
mors
Now leaving the scientific nroof out of
the question his decided nroct;c,J oJy,n.
tage should have some influence with thc
working farmer To MANAGE and nse harm.
ward manure IN tho host ody,ntaoo i ,yha,
every one would like 10 do IF Science anc
nroetice agree in his matter farmers ma,
say that Chemists have onlv lea,ncd mr. n
best explained. facts that have been repeated
IL proved bv practical oxporienco and in MI