Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-02-23

L am gIad TASK 10 me Is gwen
TO labor at day by day,
For it brings me health and strength and
hope,
And l cheerfully learn to say,
"Head, you may think, Heart, you may
feel,
But Hand, you shall work alwayw
Louisa NJ ALcoH.
NEWPORT FARMERS CLUB. - The
question Of the evening, says the Elk
press, was alone Made Fertilizers
and Manures
d. p. Wiliey spoke of the advan-
tages of barn cellars for the storing
and preservation of manures. In an
swer to a question, he said when prop
erly supplied with ventilators he could
not perceive that either the hay, or
the health of stock, was injured by
gases escaping from the manure
But before he had a ventIator, frost
would accumulate an inch thick on
the inside of the roof He used muck
for composing, and saw-dust for bed
ding; knew of no injurious effect up
on soil or vegetation from saw-dust.
He let his hogs run upon the manure,
and it never heated so as to injure it,
His horse and cattle manure was mix.
ed together as it was thrown into the
cellar.
T. b. Pratt spoke Of the advan-
tage ofscattering plaster over manure
to absorb the ammonia. He said il
prevented all smell, and he thought il
would hinder the fermentation of
horse manure so as to injurei i.
J. Y. Green said his father had 3
barn with basement and cellar. The
hogs were kept in the basement, anC
manure thrown down to them wa;
mixed with muck, and after the hogs
well worked it over, it was shoveleC
into the cellar, where it never heated
to injure it. He thought in some ca
SEES saw-dust was injurious to land. 4
quantity had been thrown out arounC
his ice house and was plOwed in. Or
that ground vegetation did badly.
N. W. Gray said he had no BARI
cellar, but a relative had one undel
his horse barn which he thought wa
an injury to the horses and feed. |
had no ventilator.
Le,cis ArnoLd had cellars unde
two barns, well ventilated, and haC
never perceived any evil effect.
w. q. Norris spoke of his expert
ence with a barn cellar. Thought i
greatly improved and increased tn
manure, without injury to the stool
or feed. In answer to a question, h,
said he thought the steam from tn,
manure would not cause the timber
of the barn to rot, but advised gooC
ventilation.
Azariah Wright did not believe i
keeping manure together in quantitie
sufficient to generate heat. Though
when manure heated it lost a grea
proportion of its value. As soons a
his manure showed signs of heating h
carted it out at once.
E. b. True thought the ferments
ton Of manure was benefit; but su
fcient absorbents, such as plaste
or dry muck, ought to be used to tax
up the ammonia, which was the onl
valuable portion lost by fermentation
". g. Norris spoke of the use o.
muck. There was a great differenc
in it, but some mucks would produc
immediate effects equal to barn ma
nure, Had tried experiments tina
had satisfied him of this, both on cor
and potatoes.
ID. p. Wiley had tried muck as
top dressing for grass without perceE
tible effect. But put in the hill wit
potatoes it increased the yield, pre-
vented the rot, and had the singula
effect Of combining those varieties o.
potatoes that had a tendency to wan
der, to the hill. At digging they wer
all together in the muck.
E. b. True was satisfied that tn
muck from the lake was better thai
barn manure for grass, corn or pota
toes. 1t had the same effect, in re
straining potatoes like the California
from wandering, that Mr.. Wiley mer
toned. Where grass had been dress
ed with it the improvement showec
itself for years, both in greater yielc
and better sward. 1t was the Des
manure for oats that he ever used
and better for corn than anything bu
hog manure. He did not compost i
II. s. Green had tried muck (no
from the lake, on grass. 1t did n
good.
The subject Of "Home Made Ma
nures" was continued for the mex
meeting.
Cutting grain before it is ripe
often said to result in better an
heavier crop Of seed. Prof. IsidoI
Pierre Of the university of Car
France, conducted a series of exper
ments to test this matter. He CT
the same quantities of wheat from tt
same field on the 9th, 18th, 15t
goth and 25th of July, and found a da
ly increase of nitrogen and phosph
ric acid to the last, showing that tt
earlier it was cut the poorer it was
amylaceous and glutinous matters
The most perfectly ripened grain W,
in every respect the most valuable.