The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-18
FARMYARD MANURE.

Esen budy will admit The statements
made by scirntlfc ag,lcui,ulls,s cuncernng
the laws Of plant growth aud The l,ls,iou ot
manu.es 20 the crop. We all understand
thar plans never take up ass,mla,e toad in
solid iorns that they must obtain that M.
on which they feed aud grow ~ d gaseous
state FROM the atmosphere, (Which amounts
10 fully ninety per eeat oi their entire
tnl9. az in a.liquid cenditien through the
all and thai the food elements in farm
IA d mana mus, 90 through certain chemi-
cal changes 'el"re The rlau can avail itself
# them. We ais, accept The facts which
laboratory tests give that thousand pounds
"f thus undecumpused manure will yield on
~ average hut five l.unls af nitrogen. six
aud hall pounds oi potash aud little
"ver two puunds ii l,hosphor,c acid--the
most mcessary elements vi plant food and
'hn>e which il H. e >ential to supply to the
il tor the perfect growth Of all farm cr"ps.
)" fal We agree with thuse whu adyoca,e
| the use OF patent chemical mixtures ~ fa-
irlizers. because We recognize them as the
truths Of science-but b,yund this We can
mot. g.. - g. .-sa5 ~ - +se est
For instance: We do not believe the nine
hundred aud eighty six pounds Of sulid
matter in thousand pounds u farm-yard
manure il worthless: that il does rot act u
INST important part in the eeouomy Of
plant grow b aud III improvement. or that
it is just us we'll il not better to dump this
over the bank. and supply its place in the
soil with fourteen pounds Ut absolute chemi.
val plant food. Aud just here is the mat
| ter not to be fnrgottrn IN the making. say
ing aud use If farmyard maunre or animal
dung-its mechanical action in the sull Ter.
forms u must impor,ant part in the gruwIh
ii the er"p. in be.eiing the conditi"n 81
the s.'il as the home ofthc plant. aud in
unlocking aud rendering available the in
ert fertility of .m"ther earth.' The ap-
plicatiOn IL this nine hundred and eighty -
SIX pounds Of undecolnposed organic or
vegetable matter IN ,v.ry thousand--or
about ninety Eve per cent If the hulk If all
animal manures. performs . most essential
aud important agency on the in"rganic and
I eaTtil pafltClts VI Tue roli. tu scttifk lict
plant io"d. Among there may be men.
TUNED that ITS fermentation or decnmp,'s,-
zion in the anil gives just those physical
conditions To- the rootlets "f the young plan,
wliich il needs in it, first stages to give il
u gv"d start. lIesiies. A. H. well kn"wu.
1 it, ~ plication 10 some sals = o .ers them
light, porous and reality aerare.i: assists
them in the powpr OF alsrhing anil retain
ing iertilizihg elements. which w.uld be
lost tut for th- presence and aciicn of ihe..
org .nic and vegetable m.,,ers in the s"il
INCREASES the amount uf d'w f,il and en-
ab!es il to hold the is.fuenc.s of that aud
"f rain. much longer than w"uld mher"i.'
be the cas-. aud gives the s"il the abilt,
to gather and keep the fertIlizing gases 81
the air aud earth. and prevents the m.ne
raj elements. xhicl. are in s"luii"n in th'
soil from being carried down beyond th'
reach uf the roo,lers II the growing crops
What an important agency l. this. and hos
essential to The growth of the plaI t. -
IMuine Ftumrr.