The Republican journal., 1876-08-17
Farm. Garden and Household.
Barnyard VS.. Chemical Mauures,

working member of the Essex County
Agricultural Society, and in The last an
nlJal report, we find several statements ol
experiments made hy him upon his six
lHgo seed farms in Marblehead, and Vi
entity. We also find Il report upon Ma
Umus," prepared 6y Mi, Gregory, as
chairman ol 4 committee, which we are
sur. will be read with much interest at the
present time. when so many farmers are
studying upon this question Of soil iertili-
zttion Mir Gregory says:
There IS an idea, very generally preva-
lent in the community, that, though other
substitutes may do for an emergency, yet
.o keep up the fertility OF the farm through
d lung series of years, barn-yar manure,
bl which is specially meant that of horses
and neat stock, is after all, the only reli-
ancp. | believe that this sweeping asser-
Ton can be shown to belong to the popu-
l4r class OF errors, though countenanced
very generally by the agricultural press,
Nd by the agricultural writer's Of the
popular tpYo. 10 demonstrate that the
agriculture Of the farmers of an en-
tre community is carried on, and that
H'NI successfully TOO, win but little
dependence on the manure OF the barn
yard as Il fertilizer, | will Instance the
Practice of the farmers of Marbehead,
-Ntending over Il period OF more than
tWenty Years. Their crops are mostly
early potatoes, cabbages, squashes and
onions, vegetables which require the very
rIrbpSt tpp1jur 10 give first class crons
ana iheSe ehlefprIsllG llilers OF the SOIL
0e well known 10 lame as class who are
@'hlehteu WIN holhih9 lesS til!'i llfSl class
crops an" WieH tle} laIl III growing
.AerSr' inc cases are eAcGPIiohai. AS
'"'E' Deyoh" one OF perhaps TWO COWS
i"f IamHN use, the{ keep almost no STOCK
% aadlllon To that needed 10 carry on inc
Mnfh oI lhe iailh lheNe CONSIST Oh from
Nv" To toHr horses or IN tle pI3ee OF TWO
"' 'iie h'fseS' YOKE oI oxen 1 rom such
"'cVN' ~ WIN "G SFeH til"' 'Hele can
average Iul ;'"o'V ll'll Il uoHeh coraS OF
4 'he 'Iaae' Dam manure aiillu''iiy' VI
'-'"i " Hi"liuio nom o'nef sources
+. ll'f % mem on an average, purchase
l1E'' ot lout cotd9 IL year, Whlle haIt OF
-t''lI 90 liol puIt''''se .t, any ~ an Now
.,,.r.. ,..,,j, iu ,-nc,o+ab1n urnn, .,,1l +ba;,,
.,..,,, .,,,nIioati7n IF ,1,.n,,i.o !, ol,.tai,,
.s 6iaJ, ic from oi,ht to tn,, ,.,r,lS ~ tI,o
..,..
,yu1 Iva sno, ,bor ,l,.4 ,,.,,;lo .Lo
81 WIZ nc aee"' lliei, lhA' Whlie the
average use OF pttli-1 ara manure Is Iess
itH Ten coiuS each py the FARMERS OF
h3Ipi9Hcau' lne aN eIaSe Iudhllly Oh ma
U'n t;nI hn,a thn,, :, oo,t,,onn;t,, ,,h1, -,
r.tatation of tho old avion that Ia,n.yorI VI
,,,.,,rrn Jins at thn basis of snrcnosf,,l ao,
~..nr,n.n have fo,. twon+,, ynors ,.o7'+ 90
,Gai,,'.nil in M Liohost s,ata vi fart;Iit,,
win Inn little dpneuIonco unon if ,vh;Io
tb., ,rA known r,. tI,ni, ,.rnns f,, a,1
w..in rs successful market t;,rmars How
,I,v bave acconnlished III v.hat ,,iant
t..l tbav usn MS substitute and how
I,.,. ,,,,arf. i r,, th. soiI ,Ioos rt ,a,,,',
,lI,r tl, s,,ho,o ,.f NV, nr,inIo o,,I ,,-,lI
I,r,,., s;,l.i ;i1,-t,
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noho~os ,vi ,,ono,t,,li, ,,,o t,JI, 'lJ ,':i
tT,o,t nI, h7I, ,nn, ',,n, ,,'''i,t,. i''7''
H., ,I,,, .',,;,,l T., Is-, r..II.a
"A ,,,st,,la ,Sho,.o,. ,.a,,rl G,lli ~;
..,.I lnnn ~ sIfl a,,o,,1r tha lD'd,+,,.
.!,,,,+ tTI.,,a .,n,.,,. ~ r,,,@r5 I'm
..drs As tbe road nm t[n hin wai Yp yn,.,' '..
~,.en m9linr fhr tc,no;nr nt coroy,n;
cnmnpst =, vrTv IitlicnIt n,a7tn,. yhiIn si<
Lnn,ire1 cords ON yarious GpIds al tiIIa~e
bad aboiu exhausted all resources in tha+
direction wa. mor. INN l,olf cou,noIled
10 ug4 concentrated fertilizer rs = gnbsti-
tlte. chose hen nauurp ground hone
md German potash salts The hen ma
rurr was collected in town nj 4 dollar -
Harrpl 1hc hone wasa na,t of aboutt tlirtv
um, ut bones that had laid toqetber until
.i,.ut rotten and were Then Ground in n
IalE mill which uurehas7d at from
twenty tn twcnty-tiyl dollars urr tom
These had been offered in nejGhborjno
town. in LARGE or small Iots and Vet there
were found but two purchasers sufficient
ny iatellirent or cnterprisinp to invest in
them at this low figure. am bappv to
saw that our Vice President DR. Lorinp.
was one of these; the name Of the other
gentleman | have forgotten The con-
dIsion of the bones was SO coarse that
probably the word crushed wouId best de-
line it. The potash salts used were of the
cheapest variety. known by the name of
a..