The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-08
Preparation or lTanure.

Perhaps the time will never come.
when .ya can aisneasa antiEeAy ssi.is i.is ssssss. s.sss
use of fcommercial fertilizers. In EurOpe
and in the Northern States, where tho
keeping of stock and making" nf barn.
yard manure have, fruta time iinmaino.
rial, been regarded as the rundu&oi cue.
cessful farming, the lse ,tpfi cpmmernial
fertilizers is rapidly and steadily on the
increase. The South oh the other Hand
ia wisely retreHching in this direction,
by utilizing materials on the farm, which
mixed with Cheap COMMERCIAL fartiiizers,
render them equal ;p value TO tho most
costly. We refer to- coiaposts OF cotton
seed and acid phosphate, Which cost very
little more than haif Us mulch ,as ammo
mated phosphates of the same ,ngglcul-
tural value. As ane.hsr step, in, the same
direction, we suggest that cornEosts Of
cotton seed and ashes may be rnaae, to
demise still further the purchasing tnaets,
rials obtainable only beyond gtho iimits
of the farm. These cqmposts ahcnld, be
made exactly like those with acid pkesa
phate, adding to eight bushels .Sf
green cotton seed the Same amotiitt OF
unleaehed ashes-inixing the tWoa thor
o.ghly-wetting and trampling sthem
we'll, that they may Gpt slowly and steafl-
! lily. Rotten cotton seed 'and 'decomposed,
stable manure would be Unsuitable for
such comp0st-it would bel best 90 uset
nothing but green seed and. ashes,t The,
quantities above named, Yonld be mod
erate manuring-atblt equal to that
contains one hundred pounds. CT acid
phosphate ,.,,- i,i. s.Es:il1 s, .,1tl
IF ell the ashes On fam, ere carefully
husbanded during the whole year, enough
can be secured to manure auite L iniiunhet
of acres of land. E@d .o,1 t4iii ;.
| We would suggest also u bona compDst
as another home, fertilizef., Let alli tho
bones within reach be gathered up, and q
pile of alternate layers of wood and
bones be made and fitei. When largo
quantities are TO be burned It is best to
begin with moderate sized pile, nsst
| moro than five or six feet square, and
three or four feet high, and aa it burns
down throw on more bones and wood 9Iil
til all the bones are harneds Htoo great
hoet Is generated and the air Is excluded
It1h IL will be In the cantre Of Q large pile)
! >jarE of the phosphate Of the homes will
be yaporized, driven OF and lGss. After
btirf;:::sg, the bones can be readily Pal lser-
ized or broken IN spsell pieces seadyifnr
composing. In this compost cotton seed
alone and bone may be used, OF stable
nature Ia conjunction with tbS cbttbn
seed. Ii cotton seed Alone are Used, Inix
intimately with eight bushelss Of sead,
one hundred and fifty pounds Of bones,
wet tho mixture thoroughly tramp
we'll to insure moderate, steady 'pistfefac-
tive fermentation. IF desired, use sfoua
hnst,als nf eaad End fnnr Of ntahlA EnnaIiYn
in place of eight OF seed, and, proceed in
the Same manner Us above. IE 10 oil im-
pcrtant that the mass shoal1 be thor
oughly wet thf6aghnnt, as the solabiIitS
of the bones depends upon the presence
Of substances which can only .be genera
ted by the rotting of the seed 0fs manure.
This compost should be ina6o at least
two TO three months befSr6 planting tifiic.
Six months would be better still. Thg
| quantities named above viii manure
moderately, one acre Of land, 9 efs,