St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-11
THE CALEDONIAN.
Farmers CtuO.

nure."
FIR. CARPENTER of Waterford thought
manure should be made and kept under
cover. 1t was important to keep the
manure from teaching, and also prevent
ing the gases from escaping. But the
great secret of getting the full benefit OIL
the manure heap was in its appl'catioh'
Mr.. Carpenter then gave a history OIL
some experiments he had made. these
experiments were made on deep gray
ely soil. Thirty years'ago he took
Moo, of three or four acres of grass land,
badly bound out, and which bore very
light crop. lie plowed in coat OF ma
nure as deep a. the pillow would run
he believed in deep ploughing, and
ploughing the manure under. After
raising corn or potatoes for year III
two. he seeded down. In this way lac
would ensure good grass crop Tor SIN
years. He treated one acre and an
eighth to light dressing of manure, and
plowed as deep rs he could run
u Buzzcll plow He took oil 400 bush
els potatoes to the acre. The next year
he again put on light dressing OF ma
nure, snd powed sill deeper, and plant
ed with corn, with a spoonful Of phos-
phate in the hill. He harvested on the
! acres, go bushels of ears of corn.
His theory and practice was to put ma
nure rs low down as he could pillow ii
under, and he did not believe it was as
valuable put on top Deep blowing and
blowing the manure under was favorable
i'll time of drought. Over 20 year
ago, when the great drought nearly ru-
ined the corn crop of this section, he had
fully an average crop. He attributed 1t
wholly to his manner of treating the
ground it was planted on. Until his
neighbors could show better crops with
shallow blowing and narrowing in OF the
manure, lie should be unwilling to aban-
don both his theory and practice too.
In answer to an inquiry, Mr.. Carpen-
tee said he preferred gypsum to lime as =
deodorizer in manure heaps and stables,
but preferred prepared muck to either.
Also, that the only soil he would no,
pillow deep was what was termed thrift,
deposit left by the water. Also that
he would not pillow clayey or heavy land
at all-he would top drcss-he thought
farmers generally plowed too much. He
would never turn under sward and take
off a crop without manure the first year
He did not believe manure lcachcd to ii>
disadvantage when turned under, and gave
an experiment he was cognizant of in
proof of his theory.
j. +. FOSTER Of Barnet had given
some attention to book farming, bnl
found after all that he must rely mainiy
upon common sense and the particular
circumstances Of individual cases if hg
would succeed. In his day he had been
in favor Of deep blowing and plowin.
manure under, and also of spreading ma
nure Oh top. In either case lie could
find no difficulty in getting benefit from
manurc-his whole difficulty WAS III ge
ting the manure. Barn cellars were =
good thing in many respects, but he iii
not think them the place to make ma
nure in, as the decayin@, rotten mas
was bad for the stock and hay above
He did not think manure was better To-
being covered in the yard through IL
winter. To make manure he galhcrc.
all the leaves he could in the fall an,
used for litter, also straw. When h
horse heap began to heat he took III
suds from the washing and poured upo
it-this rottcd it and it did not lrc-taug
lie also used about 100 loads of niue
per year as an absorbent, and with ma
nure, but he did not believe there ":
much if any fertilizing matter in it alon,
He now plowed only about SIX inch,
deep. He thought top dressing the be
ter method Of treating grass land genel
ally. lie believed in phosphate to heI
exc out the manure heap. Plaster Iii
not do his land any good, but lime II
believed in. 1t was excellent as dc.
dorizer in stables, privies, etc.
+. a. PARKS thought straw W;
worth more to be used as bedding an
manure than for feeding out. 1t al
sorbcd and utilized the urine, which ";
Of great value, and increased the manu-,
heap wonderfully.
L. l.. lIovEY said the main thing wa
to get the manure. The manner of AZ
plying was OF little consequence II
did not believe that the valuable part ,
manure either leached or evaporat,d
The value of manure depends upon til
kind OF food given the stock-the bette
the food the better the manure. +,
this reason farmers better feed their graf
than sell it-and he would advise eve
to buying grain, as one then gets 4 dot
BILE benefit, the increased value OF I'll
stock it is fed to, and in the manul
heap. Mr.. Foster here objected 10 til
theory. He thought the quality of I'll
manure depended upon the amount {