Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-01-18

earth was not Nefg airy t"oA " i'o''
any convenient plsee near ny barn. This
year have pat il iaiO ny barn several
loads at |. time and mixed the MANURE
with il bat do not think il has been as
useful As last year.
| prefer dry earth to muck for an ab-
sorbeut-either muck will not absorb as
much o. does not retain Is aswsli. lPre-
for earth to saw-dusi. o.. light soils esPec-
tally think saW-dust Is injurious 10 the
land.
II. Dodge. have q cellar under my
horse barn and keep my hogs there all the
year and draw in muck as often as needed
-enOngh to put on a good coat and
have lot Of as nice manure rs you often
see by soldering.
have a she'd where | keep manure,
and use muck there, too; put on layer
aud then manure and then another course
of muck, now have about 3 feet Of good
strong fertilizer.
G. +. Small. Fer the last Is years ]
have used from 40 to so loads Of muck,
this year have drawn so, aud am using
it by putting it in the trench behind my
cattle, it absOrbs all the liquid manure.
My pigs work over my manure after 1t is
drawn out into the shed. have made
double the manure this year did last,
and intend to make more next.
! d. N. Farrand Some writers recOm-
mend sand as an absorbent, but think
loan is better. | do not think ashes are
good in privies, they destroy some of the
useful properties in the manures. | like
saw-dust for bedding horses better than
straw, put in about bushel per day, and
shovel manure and all into the pig pen.
In the winter use saw-dust behind my
cows, aud like leaves and intend to get
more of them than | have.
w. w. Delano. | want to know if any
one from personal knowledge can tell
whether muck alone is worth hauling. L
have used it considerable and think it de-
ponds much on the quality of the SOIL on
sandy soils | think it is good but on stiff
loans and olays don't believe il is worth
carting. / think there is better way
for most of US than to cart in muck or
dirt and that is to save the manure aud
apply it in a liquid form, as manures must
be reduced to liquids before they will act
upon vegetation. | would save in casks
or tank. ........
f. o. Hodge. BY saving manure in a
liquid form the ammonia, which is Of the
most valuable properties of the whole,
will be lost, and | think there would be "A
foul smell about privy and barn.
w. s. Thorpe. When | NOW my fields
cut everything not too large for the
scythe, aud for years past have made a
practice Of cutting out all brias and BUSH
cs in my fences when they were in full
leaf, my sheep will eat them before hay
and they help to make manure. ....
| thluk a tank to save liquid manure
and then use it to top-dress is the best
way. In England they use machine
like street sprinkler to put liquid man.
ure upon the fields. .....
A. X. Bailey. A small barrel would
do as well as q large tank in most barns
in winter as the manure would freeze.
s. Harris. In the use of absorbents
spoke from my own experience, and l
know dirt and muck have paid better,
four times over, than anything | have ev-
er used.
G. Il. Small. | know Dr.. Loring is
down upon muck, but it is vegetable mold
and must be valuable as plant food when
rendered active by the ammonia in animal
manure.
Discussion on See. % postponed to
next meeting