New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-04

persstently with Souel, Eye-smart, Rag-weed Purs-
ley and other infesatiOns than TO add bushel per
acre to his crop of Grain OF Roots And thus many
have tried Muck, and trial. pronounced it pesti-
lent humbug.
But let any farmer turn his whole force into a
bog marsh directly after finishing his Summer har-
vest when it IL apt 10 be dryest and warrnest and
having freed it Of water TO the best of his ability.
dig and draw out one hundred cords Of its black.
oozy substance, and he viii know better than TO
unite III that hasty Judgment. II the bog be near
his farm-yard let the Muck be shoyeled at once
into cart and drawn thither; but, if not, let it
be simply brought out an wheel-barrows and de-
posted, not more than two feet deep. on the most
convenient bank that is well drained and perfectly
dry. Here let it dry and drain till after FAN harvest
and then begin 10 draw il gradually into the yards
and especially where it may be worked over by
swine and scratched over for seeds and insects by
fowls Assuming that the farm-yard is lowest in the
center and allows no liquid to escape save by evap-
Grafton, the Muck may Wen be dumped on the dryer
sides thence after being worked over and trampled
through and through 10 be shoveled into the center
and replaced BY fresh arrivals. A hundred cords
may thus be so mixed and Tipened as 10 be tit 10
draw out next May and used as fertilizer for Grain
Roots, though If not so treated If should lie ex-
posed to sun and wind full year; being applied in
the Fall to crops of Winter grain spread upon the
fields to be planted or sowed next Spring All the
manure made during the Winter should be spread
over that which lies in the yard at least monthly
and then new Muck drawn in, to be rooted or
scratched over trampled into the underlying strata
and overspread in its turn. Thus treated am con-
hdent that each hundred cords Of Muck viii be equal
in value to equal quantity Of manure, though it
may not give up its fertzing properties so freely TO
he irsfC Gro |
land that did not yield in pasture the equivalent of
half tun Of hay per annum when | bought it, that
now yields at least three tuns Of good hay per
nun; and Its renovation Is mainly due 10 a tree APP
plcation Of Swamp Muck.
To those who have a good stock Of animals, with
Muck convenient 10 their yards, would not recon-
mend any other treatment than the foregoing; but
there are many who keep few animals, or whose
muck beds lie at the back Of their farms two three
hundred rods from their barns; while they wish TO
ferlize the fields in this quarter, which have been
sighted in former applications because Of the dis
lance over which manure had % be hauled. If these
possess OF can buy good hardwood house-made
Ashes at twenty-five cents or less per bushel would
say, Mix these well. at the rate Of two or three
bushels TO the cord. with your Muck as you dig 1t;
work 1t the next Spring and apply 1t the ensu-
ing Fall, so as TO give It q fun year to rpen and
not and cannot get the Ashes and procure dirty,
refuse salt from some meat-packer wholesale gro
GER apply this as YOU would have applied the Ashes,
but IN rather larger quantity; and If you can get
neither Ashes nor salt Use quick Lime, fresh and
hot from the kiln as you apply it. The best Lime
is that from burned Oyster-Shells; l consider
this if nowse slaked. nearly equal 70 refuse salt
but Oyster-shen Lime Is too dear at most inland
points and here the refuse OF tine kllns-that which
is not good enough for mason-wOrk-must be used.
Usually the lime-burner has o load more Of this
al the clearing out of every kiln, which be viii sell
quite cheap if it be taken out OF his way AZ once and
this should be looked for and secured Being infe-
nor in quality often because imperfactly burned It
should DE applied in larger quantity-uot less than
four BIZ 10 each cord Of Muck.
viii here describe the process Of mixing salt
with Liz. commended by Prof Mapes, because u
is not easy TO bring these two ingredients together
so as 10 mix them with the Muck as II Is dug: and,
though / have used them after Prof. Mapess recipe,
and purpose 10 do 80 hereafter do not feel certain
that any positive advantage results from their
blended application as a Chloride Of Lime. Il
should gain further light this point before COM
Melting this series. shall not fail % impart II,