The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-08-06
Sarm, 8arAsn : 9onssboIa.
From Hearth and Home"
THE BENEFIT OF MANURE,
HOW SHALL WE GET ALL OF IT -

SAA-A><A@
Gall is in saving manure" said an
old farmer to US. He had a welldrain-
ed farm, both of intervale and hill
land. He ccu,,1, therefore say it with
safety, 50 far as his farm was concerned.
But neighbor rot far distant had a
diferentstory. You throw your ma
nure away on wet land" said he
This has been my experience for
many years. At last I drained my
soil, and I now seem to get the benefit
Of the manure I have used (and the
soil is well charged with it, to say
nothing of the other benefits 70 ditch
ing. which I find even as great as that
of manure. Now I have dry land, l
can walk over it anywhere, and, what
is more, at any time of the Year. So
can my horses and cattle. The differ
cncc is very great. Iputin my plough
early, so early that I beat all my
neighbors, all except ose that
arc situated like me. This is not
surprising, but it was miracle to me
for. the first few years. To plow not
only when others plowed who had dry
soil, but to plow earlier than any one
else this was a wonder. And put my
grain in earlier than one would think
was possible, sometimes even in the
edge cf winter, and the crops never
failed. The oats and the barley and
the peas and the wheat all stood
it and came out earlier and bet
ter than other peoples. This, l
think, was because the land was
dry winter as we'll as summer
spring and fall the same. It was
warm, and sweet, and healthy" said
the ditcher, who afterward fuishe-,
VIII was 81 well begun.
Here the manure continue to do its
work, not only to grow-that is gov
better but help warm the ground,
make it porus, and do other things
that benefited the soil. The ground
being mellow, the soil being 4 good,
generous one strength of the manure
is retained, save only as it is given
to vegetation, and it is doing its good
Office all this time in the soil, reclaim
lag more and more the yet dormant
principles, remaining in it. Thus,
for many years, the manure has its
effect in drained soil that has been wet
in connection with the air that is ad-
mitted. Just by the process of drainage
alone, but also greatly aided by the far
mer, who may now subsoil with safety
and profit, which before he could do
only without harm to the land, getting
the more water in it and mud in places,
if the season was wet, the subsoil hold
ing it.
It is, then, the condition of the land
that affects our manure. Whether ap-
piled on the surface or turned in, this
is the case. You may with confidence
plough in your manure, in a we'll drain
cd, porous soil, providing always it
is reteutive; else it should go on the
top feeding the upper roots first we'll,
then in its passage down the rest.
Manure, when it is made, and as it
is made, should go on the land-land
mellow, and drained, and retentive.-
Spread on the earth, you are safe then.
On your meadow, on your ploughed.
land, it is the same. You get all the
strength, unless you apply very thick,
much thicker than common; but in
ordinary quantities, you get all. The
land gets it for you.
If you keep over summer or have
late made, or much stray, etc.,
which must be worked into manure
the soil is your agent again, applied
either where the straw was grown, or
carried where wanted. Thus, clay
may be used or sand mostly, accord
ing as the land requires. [ have plen-
ty Of clay near my barn, and distant
field where the manure is wanted to
be used is composed largely of sand or
gravel, mix up my straw or coarse
manure at the barn, and with the clay
of course. This is to be done early in
the spring. to be added to the pile as
it is made.
In this way, all the strength of the
manure is sa7ed-not all, unless it be
saved first in the stable, kept from
running away or evaporatiug, which
may be done effectually by the different
absorbents, among which muck and
saw-dust, both dried, are the prin-
cipal. But ground Of any kind will
do; so will fine shavingssS tanbark and
other things. These used daily, and
will save all the manure. If
applied on dry or drained land, the full
benefit will be received, and this will
be considerable, much more than is
generally supposed. 1t will pay, and
pay well :; this is the main. And it is
the only way. We must harbor our
we must get all Of it that We
make, and the strength Of it after
wards in. the land. F. G.
Coop CARyING.-The Household