Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-01-25

in is The AL. I trisd sone top-droSiug
il de fsll ef 1909. Pot % 10 loads to
The aers ADJ bashei Il doEa vel. l-si
se.suss dryBess lnAy have bad something
] 10 De rilh Il. bus lOokei 10 vain Cor suy
perez lgible resaifs frOm the manure. con-
pared wish surrounding lots that bad noBe.
On stony soils where il Is difficult to plOu
aud On s:rOng elays thisk il wOad be
better to iop-dress. but on light soils plOs
in. Fer corn I give fair coat broadcast
and plow IN and then manure in the bill.
W. W. DelaBO. am Of the opinion
that shea you manure Piele Of land
which is TO be plOved il Is best to plOv in
the manure. Fer potatoes, spread on the
surface and pIOv say siI inches, then run
a small furrOE and plant in il; this brings
the seed near the manure, and What is not
used for the potatoes, being Plowed to the
surface. next year viii give you a good
stock Of grass. l prefer light coats OF
manure aud often 70 the same amount put
on in one coat aud then left long time
without any. l have had best results by
tOP-dressing late in the fall just before
freezing; have experimental some.
l. y. LeBaroB. am certain that IN
tOp-dressiDg with green manure We lose a
large portion of the manure which would
be saved if it was cOmPOsted. All manure
is better to be well comPosted, but it is
doubtful if it will pay for all crops, bat
il certaiDly will for top-dressing.
w. S. Thorpe. Fine, well rotted ma
nure is best for tOP-dcessing, and / would
apply as soon after hayiDg as l could.
The best crop Of potatoes ! ever raised
was MANFRED after blowing and narrowed
in, then ran a light furrow and dropped
in it aud covered with two burrows turned
one each way on to it. don't believe in
manuring in the hill for any crop. |
know you can get good corn but the crop
is forced and the land is not left in as
good condition as when the manure is
spread broadcast. | believe in well rotted
manure and would not put so much on one
part of my land as to rob the rest but
would serve all my cultivated land alike.
II. d. Bryant. Manure for all small
grains mixed thoroughly with the soil with
cultivator-harrow proved best with me
when | was on farm. But. for the ben
eft Of the grass afterwards, would pillow
in about six inches. The best results of
manuring for grass | ever had was to pillow,
give good coat Of manure and seed with
out crop, next season cut over four tons
per acre at two cuttings, but don't believe
generally ID cutting second crops. would
rather turn in lambs and let them eat and
tread it down. l would top-dress as soon
as could after haying if 1 wAs sure of
shower next day, and if my manure was
well rotted would run the risk CT the |
shower. m r ... .-.
A. r. Bailey. Top dressing is my
"hobby." The theory of putting manure
near the surface is gaining ground with |
farmers. If we had sufficient manure to |
pillow in heavy coats the soil may maintain
its fertility longer, but as we have not
enough manure We must look more to
present results. Top-drcssing should not
done in high wind or in dry time, but
when rains may be expected. 1t is a
great benefit to harrow top-dressed lands
the next spring about as well as you
would harrow for oats it seems to do the
land as much good as currying does
horse. s-.e. .r. "a
F. o. Hodge. | put % good one-horse
loads of manure on an acre in the fall of
1869, and saw no benefit the past season,
hope | may next.
o. III. Cook. 1t is little singular that
as universal as is the practice Of manur-
ing in the hill it has found no advocate
here tonight, but think the true reason
is it deserves none. Ii necessary to start
the crop | would use little concentrated
fertilizer In the hill, but my stable manure
| would apply broadcast and cover light
ly. 6ud after narrowing that the strong
smell of ammonia is hardly observable,
when before it was very strong. A dou-
bic harrow with teeth MAIDS of shoe shape
or similar will cover manure better than
any cultivator have ever seen.
/. A. Dwinell. What manure have
used the past two years has been put on
the top, but hereafter | intend to pillow