St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-04

Mr.. Carpenter objected to the stat
ment made in regard TO muck. lie W;
firm believer in tha: article Not lor
ger ago than the summer of '6S he Dire,
out a lot ofmuck upon piece of run OF
moving, and left it in small heaps. TIL
next spring he spread it over the grounc
and this summer he took off a fine ere
OF graSs-d .uble that Of the land abou
ii, which received no muck dressing. III
used clear muck Tor potatoes, and coul
not see the difference in the crop betwee
that so treated and where yard manur
was u.cd. The best crop Of potatoes h
ever raised was taken from ground en-
rIched with Il compost of about tw o
thirds muck, one-third yard manure
with a barrel of lime to every twcn,,
loads of this mixture
Mr.. Chadwick thought there was ;
great difference in muck. The muck r.
ierr'd 10 by him as giving such good re
suits on their grass crop, waS an accu
mutation Of vegetable matter, moStl,
leaves. Every one knows that leave,
alone make an excellent fertilizer IL,
knew that as scientific man as Dir
! Lollug Gi' Salem had condemned muck
and probably muck made up of deposits
/ of cvcrLreen' and drcaying wool was ut
very little value, except as an IbSoi beat
+ out to use in pig-pens and under stables,
and in wards, rs AN absorbent OF the Ii.
quids. he considered it Of great value
( lie believed even saw-dust WIS Qli;,
valuable Is an absorbent. Mr.. G. said
when up before he omitted 10 say that
one treat benefit Of heavy seeding il
stocking down land, was the larg,
amount Of gra>s roots ohtaincl-which
IN certain ca>r, had been cprSidrrc
equal to sixty loads of manure to TIA,
acre.
/ Andrew Warden of Barnet expert
enced tie sarne difficulty as many otEc;
larmcr,-he had not manure enough /.
Keep his farm in 4 good sat Of cnltIya
lion. The question with him WA. How
can | bring up my farm - ~ To pro.
ducc more? IL Le.ievcl in Peruvian
/ Guano. Nir. Warden then glvc the cX-
/ l.,rIcnre ut Il farmer in hi town. whp
/ bought Il hill farm for 5000, about -
years ago. The farm produced 5ut very
: iililc. The owner h2can To enrich it 10y
drawing wool to McImdnr's a"d buy
/ ing manure to carry back, Some fifteen
years ago he commenced using guauo.
which lie had continued more or les un-
til the present time. Now the crops
wl.ich hc took of that farm were Il wu:-
der to all his nc;ghborS II, now VIII
irrs 10 h,nl ~ cattle nui - -ha,.n nml
the past wear he raised 1870 hu-hris ol
wheat. 100 bushels of oats. and about
- tons ct' hay off hi, nine hundred dol
lar i,lr.n. Since he commenced uSina
guano, his farmer had increased the
proIucliycnc-s of his farm five fJId
Mr.. Warden said lie visited this farm in
hayiug time the past seas n and was a.
toni-.cI ut what his ewes saw. In an
swcr to questions, Mr.. Warden said they
used from two to three hundred pounds
OF guaup to the acre, sowcd broadcast
Just before Il rain. When used on grain
land, SOW and harrow in with the
grain. 1t is tha most elective on what
i, called heavy soil"
john :. Parker of this town was in
favor OF deep blowing, but he wanted
the manure near the surface-was op-
poscI to plowing It under, rs his expert
ence was that the benefit of such treat
mcnt was not app aren't after the two
first years. He thought the soil was not
so badly affected by drought when til.
manure was near the surface. He stock
cd in the fail, say September, sowing his
Timothy then, and clover on the crust
tie next spring. lie lost much less seed
in this way than IN seeding with oats.
Iils entire field was covered with swale
gras, when he bought it, bat by top
dressing with manure he had brou.h. it
all into English hay. lie would break
up As little n possible; but when up,
manure heavily.
Il G.. BeLttie Of Rycgate would ap-
ply manure near the surface. lie tho'i
the aftermath, if heavy clover, an excel
lent fertilizer. if turned under in Septcm
ber. He thought farmers generally die
not seed heavily enough with oats. lie
had raised as high rs so bushels to the
acre, with SIX bushels sowing. He found
oats to head Letter, stand straighter, and
Weld more with not less than five bush,
els seed to the a.Te,
This closed the general discussion
when on motion of +. l.. Hovey, q
COMMITTEES of five were appointed by th'
chair to take into consideration socia
gathering Of the club,-which shout,
include wives and daughters, s,-and re
port at the next meeting. The chai
appointed f. L. Uovey and J. q. How