The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-05-26
ON APPLICATION OF MANURE.

my neighbors about farming. Some Of his
ideas are very strange, and it they are
wrong want you or some Of your cores
pondents TO tell me 50. because ! don't
want to be led astroy.
He is nervous, timid old gentleman
writes but little for the papers. has little to
say to strangers. bus lovers to talk to bis
friends about bis work. He has been Q
farmer for thirty years, and says that dur
ing all this time. not one shovel full or
fork full Of manure was ever thrown out Of
his stable, unless it was put in the car
That bis stable yard is often seraped aud
swept and everything thrown into the sta
tie. especially isthis thecase lefore rain.
YIN never see little { cam II colored wa
Ter flowing from his stable or any Of his
farm pens. His manure is carried from
the stable to the field and sea ttsred from
the cart on Land that has been seeded to
grass. His main idea appears to be TO get
a good turf. lie says that gives aim
good strong turf. and (manure or no man
ure) be will make 2gOod crop Of corn or
tobacco. with but little rain. That this
turf we'll turned under, not only holds
the moisture. but keeps his laad from wash
ing, and furnishes the very test plant
food. A little fne manure isput in the
hill to give the young roots start, thus
enabling them TO get down 70 this bed Of
decaying turf. Some Of his neighbcrs tell
him that be ought not to put his manure on
the top Of the ground. thattoo much is lost
BY evaporation. His reply is that If Mr..
Jno. Taylor Of Carolina, was right in bis
notions the who earth. people and all.
would soon eyaporate. Although Dir. Tay-
Tor was good farmer and benefactor 10
the human race, yet be could be mistaken
ia some things. Talk to him about man
ure and he will refer you to the leaves Il
the forest. and the skaters Of the pine,
which fall on the ground; to the immense
herds Of buffalo that roam over the vast
plains Of the west, to the droies Of sheep
and cattle that rvam over our pastures, all,
all speak in language too plain to be doubt
ed that improvement must be on top.
Just listen at him. He says that man
ure ought not TO be ploEed 10. that il will
70 too deep. that its tendency is downward
that his wife, when she makes her soap does
not make hole 10 the middle of the hop
per, pour 10 little water, let ID stand q
while, then dip il out, but down. down it
goes clean through. anG she has to put !
vessel underneath 70 catch the ly4.' One
reason be gives for putting his manure Of
grass. is that when applied on level laDt
IL the Gall or winter, it can lose nothing
In the spring, when the weather gets warn
the grass and clover springs up. cover anC
shade the manure; air, heat and moistur'
being present. putrefaction takes place,
some Of The food manufactured goes 70 th,
roots, some 10 the blades, and rapid growtl
ensues. lie vas asked Why il was ID:
his cora kept green. while that Of bis neigh
bors was badly fred. lie said the fiesl
stable barn-ysrd manures were burning
ours. while bis was kept green By the moist
lifegiving. dsesying turf. he brigbtens u
at the very mention Of be word turf; say
such Geld i the very thing for corn; N
hauling out in spring. with weak oxen
heavy loads Of vet manure, over plowes
Lard When Il is too vet; but here is nature
manure all evenly distributed over th'
field lust ready 70 be turned By the plow
mans bright share. lie says that sftei
the corn crop has been taken Of. the lane
Is in 6ne order for wheat and grass, or oatl
and gas: be does not care much abou
wheat. Only enough for bis oEn use. tia
he cannot raise wheat al present prizes
that tie best farmer hat eyer lived q
james river. Mr.. ssichard sampson, Away
preferred oats. and made bis farm rich
ia saws that We small farmers cannot II
ford %. bay much guano. that We ought 7
make most Of our manure q home. that
great deal u lost 70 n By not attending |
litsIe things. asked him what be N an
by lit,le things. lie said be sould tell o
n few woods. that everything that aeeunu
lates about q farm house land II i gres
desll ought 70 be carefully husbandsd
even the sweepings u your house and yar
All sosp-suds, entrails Of al small fry tbs
4 killed for The use d The pantry, feather
old shoes. IN fact everything u this sort. 10
GLIDING TIE pight coil from chamber an
nursery ought 70 be putin oas place 40
ksp, sweet b. sprinkling over lime 40
5Isstsr. He says il Is easier % do ID
than not DO Il; that besides getting som
half dozen loads Of The best manure, b
place i kepi clssn and healthy. remr
dsd hiui that be had fsgot the ashes; !
ssid. no cir, at our house we take - goo
care Of our ashes aud ben manure, as =
do Of osr corn they are ths very best. b
w. ,.ver mis them. ths ashes some bow
other appear TO weaken The manure. for u
reason they are Kept separate, sod Eb'
ussd mixed vith plaster. he says sus
msr cor.psus ought not 70 Be plosed Hh'
they are turned round. bat LEI stand ami
q opping sime; tllst pIowing staTss fsrmsn
lion and there being no crop % the land.
good deal of manure J. lost. lie = goil
% tell me about liz sheep. Which ] u
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