The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-13

Preparatie pursue a syst

rho tost oar:-A trench is pre-
ets an nI lie feet deep, and large
ead nared, two what manures may be
me, enonph tcAe bottom of this trench,
1t e .ranted ick, grassy turf, ashes, any
s a"1IaveTverything capable of being
ITO led, is laid down, say a foot
zen a en,n0 the top of this, thick layer
aiISle manure, two or three feet deep,
is another layer of muck, gypsum,
'ead In this way it remains until more
oYanure accumulates around the stables;
it is then carried and deposited in an
other layer, with layer of the other
materials on the top. The manure
should always be saturated with mois-
ture, and trodden down firmly to hasten
it's decay; and if an occasional load of
night soil could be mixed with it, all
the better The layer of muck and
other substances being always placed
on the top, the last layer of manure
absorbs the corporations of the heap,
and hastens the decay of all. When
stable manure is thrown down and left
uncovered, dense steam will be seen
to rise from it; and this is the very
evidence of it escaping to be lost; and
if it be thrown down in heap DRY, it
will Immediately burn-that is, dry rot.
Its enriching ingredients all pass off by
evaporation, and nothing is left but its
ashes, so to speak.
When the heap has accumulated for
four or five months as described, the
whole should be turned over, completely
mixed, and filed up in compact, firmly
trodden mass, where it will undergo
further decomposition, and in a short
time become like PASTE. Adjoining
every manure heap there should be an
excavation, to receive its liquid drain
age, in order that it may be saved, and
either applied in the growing season, in
a liquid state, diluted with water, OIL
thrown over the heap.
GREEN CROPS TO PLow UNDER-Ir
answer to the following inquiries
What is the best thing to be sown for
blowing in as green manure to i'm
prove a poor soil? Also, as to the best
seed drill. Is there any kind suited tt
peas? Mr.. A. S. Fuller made the fol
lowing reply:
"Red clover has long been consider
ed the best green crop to pillow under il
order to increase the fertility of land
but we believe that peas are equally
good, and that land can be enriched b,
them far more rapidly than with clover
At least two crops can be grown in 6
single season, and far larger quantity
of vine produced. 1t is we'll known
that pea vines contain the same ele
ments of fertility as clover; in fact thu
plants both belong to the same family
and when we take into consideration
the time required to produce crop o
clover large enough to be of any value
as a manure to soil, it may readily b.
seen that peas are preferable, inasmucl
as four or five crops can be produced il
the same time that we can grow one o
clover. In sowing peas to be plowe(
under it is necessary to SOW in drills
| anu Ill Inc Sdlllc ulIcCllOu as III Is uc
sirable to pillow the land; also, have thu
drills sufficient distance apart to leav,
one open furrow between, in order tina
the vines in each succeeding drill may
be rolled into it and be covered. Turf
under the vines when the peas are full,
developed, but not ripe enough te
sprout and grow. We know of farm
ers who have practiced this plan of en-
riching poor, sandy soil with great sue
cess. Seed-drills that will SOW pea:
can be had of dealers in agriculture
implements"
SPEcKs IN BUTTER-Specks in but
ter may be occasioned by permitting
the cream to become too sour, and 81
allow the curd and whey to separate
Small portions of curd then becoJ n
mixed in the butter, which no work in
or washing will get rid Of This ma
be prevented by keeping the crea1
stirred once a day, at least; twice woul
be better. Specks may also be occs
stoned by the use of impure salt, which
if it contain lime or free soda, will CON
bine with the butter and make a soa
in SDOtS where DarticleS of the caIt n, q,