The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-08
The autlana Daily Globs
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1876.
EVERY DAY THOUGHTS ABOUT EVERY
DAY WORK.
By a Young Farmer.

| notice the following paragraph IN
late number of the Country Gentleman from
a Boston correspondence
Fish Pomace for Manure. | noticed a
| few weeks since an article in the Country
| Gentleman in regard to the use of fish po-
mace. / have used it to a considerable ex-
tent and found it brought in sorrel to my
| land to such degree that | discontinued
the use of it. Jackson IN his survey of
Rohde Island, page 100, says; "The farm
ers In Compton have generally abandoned
the use of fish manure, believing that 1t
causes the soil to become sterile, or brings
in red sorrel. This is the opinion of DR..
Palmer, who showed me field which
| three years ago was treated with fresh fish
very abundantly and then planted with
oats. The grain ran up very tall, but did
not fill well. Red sorrel now covers the
whole surface of the field. Several other
enclosures were shown me where u similar
result had taken place" used about 100
tons of fish in all, with the results DIR.
Jackson states.
| A II. w, Boston Mass.
Years ago was taught by an old-fash-
ingy spontaneous growth of red sorrel de-
noted an over-abundancc of acid in the
soil. In his words, that "the land was
cold and sour and needed something to
warm it up and sweeten it." 1 would sug-
gest that the decay or fermentation of the
| fish was allowed to proceed too far. 1t
| should have been checked in some way, or
it should have been corrected by the Use of
| some alkali, as our wives correct the sour
ness Of their yeast by the use of little
saleratus when they find the yeast lie sour
and they cannot get new yeast. If this is
a correct theory, the use of potash or COM
mon wood ashes with the fish pomace or
the raw fish would be advantageous, as it
would have tendency 10 benefit land
where sorrel had been brought in by use
of fish. At any rate, if they were used to-
gether the potash and fish oil would mix
and form soapy fertilizer, which | think
would be more apt to destroy sorrel than
to bring it in. In this region fish is COM
| posted with common sand and loan for
use upon low wet land, and with peat that
has been well cured by being exposed to
| one or more winters freezing and thawing
for use on high sandy land, and have
never seen sorrel brought in by it. throw
out these suggestions because 1have very
good opinion of fish manure, and think
that if used in proper way it will prove a
valuable fertilizer, being both a stimulant
| in its oil and flesh and a lasting manure in
its bone and in its combination with the
soil.
Some seven years ago, when riding past
the farm formerly owned by Webster, the
famous statesman of Massachusetts, had
my attention called to a field which my in
formant told me he helped manure with
fish about twenty years before. 1t was q
light, sandy loan, such as is plenty in
Marshfied and in nearly all parts of cast
ern Massachusetts,. but the line where the
| fish was put on showed plainly at that
time, and presume it may yet, in a much
better growth of grass 1t WAS In pasture,
but think that part of the field was much
better than some meadow that have helped
NOW. But where the fish were put on
they were put on literally, as Mr.. Webster
not only believed in liberal manuring, but
practced it. And l have no doubt that
the fish were properly managed. ANY fer
tilizer that will show good effects twenty
years after it has been put on, cannot fail
Of good effect if properly used, but if uesd
improperly may prove damage. Let us
have a little light upon this matter, brother
farmers, if you have any facts bearing up
on the subject.
Cod nights and frosty mornings begin to
warn us that winter is approaching, and
that we must begin 10 make our prepare
tons accordingly. 1t is time to get in all
the root crops. The turnips may be left
to the last, but they may not he trusted oul
very late in November, for sudden change
at that season may fasten the grOuns
around them SO closely that we cannot gel
them out beets, carrots and onions, sup
pose are all harvested before this time
Now see that the windows are all made
tight, not only in the house, but in the her
house and barn. Don't trust too much tt
stopping Thorn with old hats and rags, but
have glass put in. Batten up all the cracks
where the wind will blow in and bank up
around the cellars. You will find that i
will make great saving of fuel in thu
house and an equal saving in fuel at thu
freeze,dnripg the coolest weather Cistern
should also be protected in such way tina
they will not freeze. | was bothered very
much last winter by mine freezing, so tina
could not get water without first bringing
hot water from the house to thaw out thu
pump, which was not an easy job wher
the house was forty rods away, and steer
hill between, which was most OF the winter
so covered with ice that l did not really
dare to go down it without getting my lii,
insured before / stated. This winter
mean to have the cistern SO covered that !
|, shall not freeze.
was this year unable to put my COW
. into the stables as early as they should hav'
I been in, by reason of having the COW sta
!, b!es in use as store house for roots that
was not ready to put into the cellar.
found that they were shrinking in thei
milk, especially in the morning and oil
. very cold mornings. When began to pu
them up nights sooA found decided In
! crease in milk. So much for littl
warmth. And poultry will be much NOR
profitable if kept warm during the nights
and early in the fall kapt housed ana wei
fed. | often hear people complain tina
their hens do not lay well, and that pullet
will not lay until spring. Ia fact, hav'
had trouble that way myself, and | hav'
laid it to the fact that they did not have
suitable place to roost, or we're not KEEP
8 growing IN the fall. A chicken that is wei
led and forced along little in the fal
should be ready to begin laying at five
six months old, and If they begin befor
cold weather they can be kept at it all win
ter, with little extra care. But il they
are about half grown when cold weathe
comes on, or If they are lean and hal
starved It will take long and careful nurs
ing to bring them 10 the point of produc
ing any eggs in winter. You cannot &c
growing pullets too fat The fatter the,
are the earlier they will lay. but old hens
(that is, those which have got their growth,
may possibly be too fat TO lay. The bes
time for profit IN hens is during the win
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