The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-03-14

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DO YEP said Grummet sarcastic
eally.
"Yes," resumed the young man
1t is fact that the liquid manures
could they be saved, would fully
equal the solids, both in bulk and
ysluei and when combined with
| EeII-rotted muck, and some other
articles which shall take up and re-
tain all the more volatile parts,
| feel sure that they win afford more
fertilizing powers and properties
than the solid maDuTss can.
you don't say, sol Where dye
larn al thatT"
Partly from reading, and partly
from observation" answered Johu,
smiIinga at his neighbours open sar-
casm. t., a
Il don't spose it costs anything to
do all taisT'
Oh, yes; It will cost me coasider-
able before get through"
Yes, I should think 'twouldr
Il say" he cried, as he met Saw
yer shortly agterward, John Wal
tons about As nigh bein' crazy Is Il
man can be-"
"Eh?-crazy, Benz
"Oh, he's got his head full of all
sorts Of nonsense. He's got his
stable floor torn away, and trench
dug there big enough to hold morn
twenty cart loads Of dirt
SBHt what in natures he goin' to
doY'
why, he's goin' to save the IL
| guilds, as he calls 'cin. And he's
goin 70 put in something to take up
the-the-UOL-Uoianti parts"
" Voluntary parts? What's them,
BENZ
''It Was voE somethin'. But I don't
know / wouldn't ask him. !
s'pose he just used the outIandish
word SOS to get me- to ask him what
he meant, and then he'd show Off
his larnin'. But wasn't so green"
Il wonder il he thinks he's COMM
here to larn US old farmers how 10
work?'' said Sawyer. quite indig
naRtly. @ lS----
"He thinks So" returned Crum-
met. @
rsTheE he'll End out his mistake"
added the other "You mark my
words, Ben, he'll be fat on his back
afOre two years is outp
And these were not the only ones
who looked for the same thing
The idea OF mans coming in there
with any such new-fangled notions
was absurd.
Autumn caInc, and after John
Walton had moved over his twenty
acre fcld-some Of his coolest and
stitfest land-getting hardly enough
hay to pay for the labor, he set men
at work digging deep trenches ali
over it. He had two dug lengthwise,
running up and down the slope;
then be dug quite anuInber running
across these. They were quite deep
and broad and into them he tumbled
nearly all the stones that could be
found in the fields.
"a poOty expensive way Of gettiu'
ri,l Of your rocks" remarked Grum-
met. tse-
Its a better place for them than
on the surface, isn't itT' returned /
Walton with smile.
Perhaps, But what on earth are
ye doin it forP'
5''Why. I'm going t see if under
draining wont improve the land"
Cnaer-d, ainiRg: What's thSt?"
sIt is simply drawing of the wa
ter from the surface. This land is /
cold and wet; butif can get tho
water to drain off among these rocks,
the sun may warm the sur ace, and
give me a good piece of soil here"
But it looked very foolish to lien
Grummct lie believed that what
was the natur Of the soil couldn't be
t
'erhat's a GURUS cohtrivance," said
sam Bancroft. He and Ben Grum-
met had been at work for Walton
hauling muck. He alluded to a
large vat at the back of the house,
into which ran a spout from the
sink. PlIis vat was capable Of hold
ing seVcral eart-loads Of stuff, and
was about half full.
That's a compost vat" explained
" alton, who had overheard the re-
mark. "All the slops from the
hoase-soapsnds, and such stuff, by
this means, are turned 10 good &C
cunt; and, Instead Of throwing
away refuse mates, put il in here,
and it rots and ferments, and makes
lnannre.p aT Il %
but what's this charcoal dust
rorp
1T answers two purposes, though
by only one Office. It takes up the
ammonia and other volatile matter,
thus holding them for fertiliziHg
agents, and at the same time pre- !
rents the disagreeable effiuYia which
would otherwish arise from such a :
'ermenting mass" Il
,.That all sounds very well, re- /
+ arked Ben, after Walton had left
hem; but let me tell yoa, il don't
,av! He'd better let such fandan- ,
yles alone, il he ever expects to make
. iivin' at farinin'.e
Before the ground froze out, Wal
on threw ont most of tue muck be- t
lind bic stable. which had become
yell saturated, and filled tue trench
IN anew {
The old farmers had a great many i
and made a great deal
r cider; but the fruit was OF an IN :
eriOr quality. When spring came,
Halt0H went to some Of his neigh
,ors, and asked them to go IN with
i'm and send for some good ciOns
o engraft upon their app!e-trees - I
ie explained to them just the plan /
e had formed for his own orchard. /
Ie had engaged competent man to .
ONE and do the work OF grating. b
nd. while they were about Il. il b
fOuld be cheaper 20 get gratis b
Rough for the whole neighbor- &
God. q
It was ONO use. The old orrharis I
lst such as their father had, and e
God enough. SO Walton went az Il
! alone. lie had his trees AL A
runed and dressed and nearly All n