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

Perhaps the time will never come;
when we can dispense. entirely with the 4
use of commercial fertilizers. In Europe :,
and in the Northern States, where tho !.
keeping of stock and making Of barn.
yard manure have, from time immemotn
rial, been regarded as the Dadn to- sue. !
cessful, farming, the, use ,ofi commercial
fertilizers is rapidly and steadily on the
increase. The South on the other hand
is wisely retrenching in this directioh,S q
by utilizing materials on the farm, which
mixed with cheap commercial fertilizers, i
render them equal ip value 70 the mos,
costly. We refer to composts of cotton
seed and acid phosphate, which cost very
little more than half as much 'as ammo-'i
mated phosphates of theA same agrlcul-
tural value. AS another step, in the same
direction, we suggest that composts. Of
cotton seed and ashes may be made, to
demise still further the purchasing mater
rlials obtainable only. beyond Ethe limits j
of the farm. These composts should be
made exactly like those with acid phos-
phate, adding to eight bushels Of
green cotton seed the same amount OF
unleached ashes-mixing the two thor
oughly-wetting and trampling them
we'll, that they may rot. slowly and stead.
ily. Rotten cotton seed and Idecomposed,
stable manure would be unsuitable for
such compost-it would be! best to tlse4
nothing but green seed and ashes.u' The
quantities above named would be a mod 4
crate manuring-about equal to that
amount of phosphate COMPOST which
contains one hundred pounds of'acid
phosphate. III -::.'!!A - ,.E
IF all the ashes on q farm are carefully
husbanded during the whole year, enough
can be secured to manure quite d number
of acres of land: 't2ei l9gi 9hi u
We would suggest also bone compost
as another home fertilizer. Let all the
bones within reach be gathered up, and
pile of alternate layers of wood and
bones be made and fired. When large
quantities are to be burned it is best to
begin with moderate sized pile, not
more than five or six feet square, and
three or four feet high, and as it burns
down throw on more bones and wood un!
til all the bones are burned. ftoe great
heat is generated and the air is excluded.
las it will be in the centre of q large Pile(
part Of the phosphate Of the bones will
be vaporized, driven of and lost After
burning, the bones can be readily pulver-.
lied or broken in small pieces ready for.
composing. In this compost cotton seed
alone and, bone may be ussd, or stable
manure in conjunction with the cotton
seed. If cotton seed alone are used, mix
intimately with eight bushels of Seed
one hundred and fifty pounds of bones,.
wet the mixture thoroughly and tramp
we'll to insure moderate, steady pgtrefac-
tive fermentation. If desired, usS,fcur'
bushels of seed and four of stable manure'
in place of eight Of seed, and proceed in
the same manner as above. 1t is all i'm,
portant that the mass should be thor
oughly wet throughout, as the solubility
of the bones depends upon the presence
of substances which can only be genera
ted by the rotting of the seed Of manure.
This compost should be made at least
two to three months before planting time:
Six months would be better still. The
quantities named above, will manure,
moderately, one acre of land. ~ .e.,p,,