The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-10-22
Farm, Garden and Household.
Lasting Effects of Manure,

tour years, III order to Get at the lastinc
effects OF the manures as well as the i'm
mediate results usually made the sole oh
Ject such comparative trials. The writer.
Nh. Dove of Coldstream Con the dividing
llne between England and Scotland)
says:
IN the discussions that have for some
tme past been going oil about compensa-
non TO tenants toF unexhausted improve
nents at the termination of lease, there
has been considerable difference ofopinion
expressed about the lasting effects Of diff
terent manuTes In a recent agricultu-
ral trial which attracted great deal of
attention. some witnesses propounded the
theory thai the effects Of tarmyard manur-
continued for four wears, but that Perue
Vau gUauo exhausted itself in two years,
and that uu value should he put on it after
That time and that even il you applied
Peruvian guauo In addition to tarm-vard
manure they would both be sooner ex-
DAuSItd than the tarm-y ard manure would
Aa'r aeen if HE guano had not been APP
pAea SIT ALL IhiS theory appeared to me
rlllel peculiar. and as ! had some time
ago carried out a series Of experiments
which have SOME bearing upon it, send
'"''H lo you luI publication, as small
'Nlii4p''i"h towards me clearing up OF
ms point
Aouul HIetA wears ago the Highland
0"'IetN olrfru q premium tor the best re-
fotl "A lHe comparative effects OF special
ana latAl- ara manure over tour course
IplIloh .eaflLS it 10 the reporters them
selves t7 Vho"sr ahN hlnd OF SPECIAL manure
i. ~ ~ I
'' tt9l against -liv iaTm-AafuF IN lS]9
commenced 34 experiment. With that OBJ
IeSt lA View an0 iXed upon Peruvian
-u1Ao, pure "lHS9lN"0 b"ne4 and pure
'lS~olNro toP"lile9 /" Try AGAINST iarm-
l-tid manure /" TINS experiment when
'IH'7H'" Alt N"flrlN awarded Il premium,
t'H lt rs punil7Hed ll thelf Transactions,
'i'' "lH ue I"Uhu " the FoIulhe' JuIN,
i9v". Z" March. lS""r page IA. After l
.A-9HFH ii'NF NFNptItiu'Hl' loI my own Satls-
'"'li1h, IrN"4Ne" 10 repeal u "lh lhe
same HIHt'1eN ON tAe Sitn-e piece OF lahd,
l-I' t'1' 'VHN'Nl'HS VI NAN IL acre, hau
."e" ilItl NJ" Guy Hliu plo"ed 50 mat no
'"t7''A' '"uNi Ye HlAue ts 10 eacll manure
'''HS 'S"H app-lea /" eAaclIN Inc same
i'-r'' 'l '3i'- AAe HlaHuftS uSed m the
i"N fA 'Aei1 We're ahaIyZeu by Iro-
-''7Vt NutrI9"l; when analysis VIII pc
"'''lu ~ --ie I'I9 9'l9ileU report ana LOT the
"lHe- i'4Ati"H9 1ot hiahufes as nearly as
t'~9i-i' I lle same quaLlN ne lafm-
N4l" HlIii4lE III aA Inc lIiiuH was OF the
"e9' 4""i'S ! HN'u on nay li'rll tach YEAR
''" va " N'- PI 'l' III All the thtee
-.l"-4'A> iuI "i"!t IuThip crop was caffed
- "' .'''" i7N' ol the produce raised
Ai'''" ID d'4iiu- lle continuation Oh the eN-
t.'' .''F'' 'e'1s e'hSUilleo upon IT, except
'-@ '- "a crop Oh grass alter the tWo
'l' VA AiN. Mh.1h were paStured Dy
-i7'l'. ana lIe "hole crop OF grass IN the
fe'' +0'' dH" -N',- IN 1900 dld not
"fV" .' HlahS NtipIt llelu ot nay ndNlnS
-i 500" S"'eh ~ 81" ISf' ofF'- ana touiu
''' '"'' 'i'i''li' i.'i,' y" '''e '"o acres VI
iiii0'''' a. -li'I we're N tlle etlllre
va .''S J." iN'D vas "Ihlh thfee
Y -H0 0N ~ "tl'u ol lhN leaSe' ana
=" a. ''g.,1 .,. 20 i''Lih 2eqoculnS i 10 lhe
Sll'iI 'i 'lle laNI I'VE years OF
H. va VII "t''" ~ pasture II tilat year
l''5-l" 'vth we ears IL was laSlurea
"iH N.' ~ 'Ay 9IUVA 5raHIilS on IL any
81. '-lle.''. Io"U. hfe'' nD' 9elio you atopy
ol lA' rADril lilrhl Oh me llFSt rotation,
""' '"i '.'' -aet ~ ease oi comparison
~lt'"' t''- s'''NN r'''I'A 'l 'ilf l"uf years
''
Tips ~,Aler m experiments, 50 far rs it
6 ta ht relied upon. shows that there is
less aiiiett nee m the permanent effects of
iafn-N tiN aud special manures than is
generally believed. In the first and third
rdaiIonN. wien the irNt crop OF the rota-
i"n lturmps) was = small one and near
Pa equal ON all. ana Wou'd not eAhauSt
.arge quantity o' the manure, the value
ut the laNl crop "t the rotation loatS)
Dai~ed hy gaano Vas only iew ShllhngS
-ros tnAA HE value OF those raised by
iarm-yard manure. In the second rota-
t"n when the h'st crop oi II (tnrnipS)
Wa a very large one over an bal largest
loP '''' J"n' .D', ~. l", 'T,o" en,
t... ,.,,,i,, ..rl',, ,,aisad Inv [r,,,nn az
.i.','. ,b..- Iai.ad NV t,rn,. v3,d W i7f ,nannra
.T.. .,,'a's tiat lrba9 tba tirst cTan ot tba