The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04
How Much Manure to the
AcreG

think, on sand land, II = alters
little how much manure you have,
except for roots it Is better mol to
pillow over five inches. | have not
much clay and have not tested It
SO thoroughly, but so far as | have
gone, should say, keep the soil on
top within four OF tive inches AND
loosen the subsoil. because | FIND 1T
impossible to keep the surface mel
low and easy to work after Il deep
blowing. Now as to manure. iii
1861 | had always plowed all my
manure under, deep, and a soor
after drawing as possible, for fear
Of losing the best Of it. That full.
being crowded for time and disap-
pointed by my help, | left part OF
my manure till after blowing; then
drew it out and spread and drag
ged in with the wheat and seeded
to clover the next spring. Soon
after this | enlisted in the army,
serving till the close, in 1865, and
when | came home | found the
clover on the part top-dressed still
thriving splendidly, and none at
all on the part plowed under. Since
then | have experimental on all
crops, and have never seen one adj
vantage from blowing manur un-
der. Four years ago last fall |
soWed three acres of wheat. On
one acre the manur was hauled
out the spring before and plowed
down, the whole lot sown to oats;
after the oats came off the land
was plowed, and the remaining two
acres MANFRED on the surface and
dragged IN with the wheat-one
acre with horse manure, the other
with COW manure-and the whole
seeded to timothy IN the fall. The
acre surface MANFRED with COW
manure yielded thirty bushels; that
surface MANFRED with horse ma
nule, twenty-five bushels; that
plowed IN spring, twenty bushels:
the last was dressed with COW ma
nure. This experiment was tried
n account of a dispute with a
neigl1bor who claimed that manure
plowed IN spring, and turned up
fall was in better condition for
wheat than applied raw raw. Now
for the timothy seeding: The two
acres top-dresse made a splendid
catch, while that plowed down III
spring was an absolute failure, the
season being a bad one.
This lot was sand, somewhat
stony underlaid with red clay which
comes to the surface IN a few spots;
best crop where sand was deepest,
except perhaps on the clear clay.
My plan is to apply my manure III
the fall on wheat land; if | apply
IN spring | pillow a strip wide
enough to hold the manure, then
draw out on it: then pillow the re-
malnder and spread and drag ia.
Some seem to be troubled about
eyaporatl II. | believe they Will
find by actual experiment that the
loss is one hundred per cent. less
than the loss from blowing under.
/ have found It So on my soil. Let
me tell YOU how l manage to get
my share Of the manure that eyap-
CRATES. | keep my crop clean and
the soil fine, so that every particle
Of ar hat passes through it viii
leave a little of the manure
it took from the hard, dry,
baked land of my neighbor, OF
from his wasting manure pile or the
the filthy city ewers = the only
straight, honest way of getting ma.
nure without hauling or paving
for it that know of.-N. l.. C0it0u,
IN OAi0 Eurmer.
DO not forget the garden.
Make It rich; put it in a fine, mel
low condition and plant a good as
sortment OF vegetables. Prepare
for a succession of peas, sweetcorn
beans, cucumbers, squashes, rad
lshes, etc.