Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13
Liquid Manures,

Manure in liquid state is the most ben
e6cial manner of applying it, when immedi-
ate results are required. Containing as it
does the fertIizing principles in a liquid
condition, it is more readily absorbed by tho
feeding roots of the plants. 1t can also be
applied at all stages of the plants growth,
which often cannot be done with solid ma.
nure aud some plants which are not in a
condition for being much stimulated in the
earlier stages of their growth can more read
lily receive it at the time they do need it
when in a liquid form. For instance, peach
trees grown iE pots or beds under grass, if
heavily manured with ammonical fertilizers
before or at the time they are started into
growth are apt to drop their fruit when
stoning-the most critical period of their
growth-but if applied after this stage, it is
Of the greatest benefit to them, increasing the
size Of the fruit
Farmers who allow the liquid part Of their
manure to 60 to waste, lose the most ben
efcial part Of it, as ammonia is produced in
the greatest abundance in the liquid part
The urine OF cows, horses and swine, together
with the DRAWINGS Of their droppings, if al
lowed to run into tank, then pumped on
the manure heap or compost heap. and then
applied as surface manure on the grass,
will produce very beneficial effects. Some
of the leading farmers in Scotland utilize all
the urine and DRAWINGS of their baruyards
in this manner. 1t is conveyed from the
stables into largo tank, into which they
place pump. Near by they collect into
heap all the road scrapings and ditch
cleanings they can secure upon their farms,
and then pump upon 1t the contents of the
tank, conveying it to different parts of the
heap with cutters. During the season tho
heap is turned once or twice and then thor
oughly saturated with the liquid, is conveyed
to where it is wanted-more being added to
the heap as it can be procured. According
to Johnston, the urine of man and that OF
the pig, for most Soils are more beneficial
than that of the horse, the COWS and the
sheep as they contain phosphates-the phos-
pilates of the food Of the horse, COW and
sheep remaining in the soil excrements. In
applying liquid manure to growing plants,
great care should be exercised that it is not
applied too strong, nor the ground saturated
with it, as in either condition it is apt to
destroy the tender rootlets of the plants.
Urine used in an unmixed state is very
beneficial to plants. 1t should first be al
lowed to putrefy, then be largely diluted with
water. Pigeons dung makes an excellent
liquid manure for all kinds Of plants in pots
oil succu!ent and soft-wood nature. A peck
put into barrel of water and allowed to re-
main for few days before being used, and
when applied diluted with about oue.half wa
ter, have used with very beneficial results
or roses, fachsias, geraniums, and other fast
growing plants. ..-
Guano used as liquid manure should be
cautiously applied, for If used too strong i
has very injurious effects. 1t should b'
mixed with water to the color Of weak te'
before using, and twice a week is otter
enough for any class of plants. When I
plant is injured with guano water, its leaves
get yellow aud fall off; the oldest and most
mature dropping 6rst.-COuntry Gentleman