Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-04

where put about eight loads of muck and
convey the water from the sink on to it il
makes a good quality Of manure. Another
good mixture for potatoes is two parts muck
one part manure, and 40 TO so cents worth
of lime and plaster TO one cord another
compost, two parts muck, one of horse-ma.
nure, 40 to 80 cents worth of lime and plaster
and one.half bushel sand mixed together and
put into hills for corn, and il will bring the
corn forward fortnight earlier, but the
cheapest way is to put the muck into the hog
and barn yard.
f. II. Carpenter There are certain prin.
ciples of science that underlie the whole sub.
iect. We hear it stated that science is at
fault, but there is science 10 almost every
thing and if we would progress we must get
as near as we can to science and common
sense. We do not want to put cart.l load
Of manure in one place. The secret Of sue
cess is in applying it judicously will di.
rect my remarks to some methods Of making
manure. Muck, sand, saw-dust, or almost
anything that can be used as an absorbent is
good to mix with manure. Muck being COM
posed mainly Of vegetable ingredients hav.
ing the water first dried out, is one of the
best absorbents, but needs to be decomposed
aud composted with manure
| throw all dead animals into the compost
heap, and throw on some lime and dry earth
and it takes up all the odor from such dead
animals Lime is one Of the best decompos.
ers and dry earth one Of the best disinfectauts
and plaster thrown on the compost heap pre-.
vents the gases from escaping.
Mr.. Charles Gates, Of Peacham, being
present was called upon for some remarks
like to meet such gathering as this, aud
the subject before us is of the first impor.
lance to every farmer. believe we should
make all the manure we can, and then keep
it under cover until we want to use it |
would as soon leave my carriage out to the
weather as manure. would not buy COM
mercial fertilizers, for | do not think we get
our money back. 1 draw out the manure in
the spring, spread it broadcast on greensward
and pillow it in for corn and stock it the
next year without blowing, narrowing il
thoroughly. put plaster ashes and lime
mixed together, in the hill. l have planted
corn as late as the 9th Of June, and got q
good crop.
j. S. Free do not agree with NJ. Car
penter in leaving the manure until fall, but
draw out aud pillow it in in the spring. ]
pillow six or seven inches deep. | have a
four acre piece, part spread the manure
on the sward and plowed it in and planted pc.
tatoes, the other part was planted with corr
the year previous, and plowed it in the fall
and stocked il with wheat without blowing
the potato ground, and the wheat was the
best on the potato ground, and it has borne
the best grass since.
A. b. Carpenter When pillow for corn
pillow the manure in, but for potatoes put
it about half the depth of the furrow. be-
lieve in drawing out the manure in tn,
spring for think ton Of green manure i,
worth as much as a ton of rotted manure.
Chas. Gates | have been interested il
the discussion. | always pillow deep. | draw
out my manure in the spring aud pillow it in
have had my pillow, harrow and planter il
the field at work at the same time on green
sward, and then stock it the next year.
The same subject continued for next week
A. b. Goss, Secretary