Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-17

The value oil manure depends upon the quail |
ity and quantity Of the feed manure made |
from straw alone is of little value, while
that made by feeding grain is rich. Make
all the manure you can upon the farm, buy
and feed all the grain you dare to, and You
will improve your soil increase the value Of
your farm and stock, and become richer ev-
cry year.
j. w. Buzzoll The idea of making ma
nure isu great and important ono in Vcr-
mont Cows aro the best machines for man.
ufncturing manure. Il Is important to
save the liquid portion, and keep all under
cover; IL is n bad way to throw II out of
doors for the wind and rain TO wash, and It
is better not to freeze. Top-drcssing grass
land is tho best way to use manure, sure of
good grass. Moist meadows, we'll manfred,
are our most valuable lands Buying corn,
in the long run, is no doubt wise plan.
b. Z. Brown: Am an old man. used
TO farm MS others did in my day. On my
farm there was muck bed on the meadow.
! had to draw the muck up steep hill to get
It to the barnyard. Drew out in the fall two
loads muck and one load manure from barn
yard, putting them in II pile in that proper
ton, with few ashes mixed III; made quito
II large pile. Used it on corn in the spring
and found II good compost corn stout
and good Horse manure thrown out Of
doors is better than kept under cover. unless
you have hogs to work II oyer
j. Morrison: Use from as to 100 loads
muck yearly. Tie up cows in summer rs
well MS winter, putting dry muck behind
them to absorb the liquid. | double the
amount of manure in this way. Have hog
yard 90 feet square, rooted over; put muck
in weekly. and got all out in the fall; use
this on corn, part plowed in, part in the hill;
Have about ten bushels yearly Of hen ma
nure. This link with muck, and put IN
the hill for potatoes, with good results.
harrow in manure on moist land. Some OF
my townsmen say fifteen dollars worth o.
guano TO the acre will make u good crop o
grass on ordinary land Fifteen dollars
worth of labor getting out muck is wortl
more TO me the first year, and is much NOR,
lasting.
} Ira G.. Smith, President of Fast st. Johns
bury Farmers Club) Came to listen. Tn
derground cellars are the place to make ma
nure. Ny plan is to use all the muck | can
The true way is to stable cows, litterinl
with dry muck. Can make as much in thi
way in summer ms in winter. Equal parts o
, horse manure and muck well mixed in tn
7 fall, will be worth as much ms the sam
amount of manure. On dry land, | pillow il
; lightly. Manure spread on grass is wort
more than used in any other way. llav
used ashes; think them worth 2jc. per bnsh
: ell. Ashes should not be mixed with stabl
. manure, but are good with muck. Put ash
1 es with Bradleys phosphate, and in on
t week it will not be worth more than tn
r same bulk of sand. Gathered ten tons o
e leaves and put them in. the barn cellar;
: thought il paid well.
c w. l.. Peck; Manure is what we wan
5 How TO get it is the question with farmers.
] buy all can at four dollars per cord, an
g draw il four miles. have bought manur
i from livery stables, that had been worko
Il over by hogs, that would weigh two tons
= the cord, for four dollars per cord. This
know is better investment than phosphal
y at three or four cents per pound. Tho farm
is ers will come fifteen miles, and pay hol
70 eight to ten dollars per cord for dry hor,
y manure at the Boston stables, costing the
A fifteen dollars per cord on their farms. Coz
N necticut farmers go to Albany and pay t,
is dollars per cord for manure taken from ca
70 that have brought horses from the We,
p Buy all the manure you can. Buy all Il
1T corn you can feed To advantage for fe
Of years, and you will then be able 10 NAL
oil your own manure upon the farm
:. Cyrus Hill Have occupied my preset
)r fnrm eighteen years. Cut twenty tons of HI
IL the first year; now cut on the same In
IL 10 tons Have bought no manure, and b
~ very little phosphate. 4 few years ago
to made II cellar under one of my barns f
IL manure think it pays its cost every yei
it | pillow IN my manure. Have raised
| bushels of sound corn on II acres.
2. l.. 4. Parks; | use all my straw for be
III ding Cows and sheep are bedded rs w
1t rs horses. Have no trouble with straw
IN the manure. | keep hogs ON my horsc-m
er nure, Have top-dresscd few acres yeal
es with fifteen loads to the acre; doubled
lie crop the first year, and again the seco
IT. year. Intend to top-dress three or 10
acres each year in future! Grass is the m;
in crop with me.
ne Same subject continued for discussion N,
ng week JONATHAN LAWRENCE, Seq