Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-05-07
agricultural
Sacia0 Manure.

esting letters at different times from Mr.
Scott, Craftsbury, VT, detailing his meth
DDS OF feeding cows, growing ass and fat
teDing steers Mr.. Scott is the gentleman
who reports having made over six hundred
pounds Of butter from one of his COWS 10 ;
single season, and We know Of no goOC
reason for doubling his statement, only
that it is a great deal Of butter for one
COW to make Mr.. Scott attributes hi
success largely to his method Of feeding
especially to the young grass he gives
which Is cut before it is in bloom We
think the COW should have some Of the
credit. and quite likely the lady Of the
house, who superintends all the details Of
the dairy, would not object TO a division
Of the praise. In recent number Of the
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, we ind the following
letter from Mr.. Scot, describing his meth
cd for saving manure from his cowS,whicb
must be Of interest to those farmers who
are in doubt as to how much the manure
from a single COW Is worth. he says -
understand that some of the statements
in regard to my grass crop are doubted,
and the idea prevails that my farming
does not pay | therefore will tell how
make manure. l have large shed, all
closed up but gate to 90 out and IN, and
3 sliding window opposite, which, In SUM-
mer, can be opened. aud that permits a
current Of air to pass through, which
keeps the COWS comfortable 10 the n.gbt.
In winter the window Is shut, so that 1t
Is comfortable for the cows. There Is
good running waller IL the shed, which
does not freeze.
In the spring, after getting out my ma
nure, | cart in dry muck or scurf from a
spruce ridge, and cover the floor Of the
shed all over about one foot deep for the
COWS to lie upon. Every morning l take
UP the manure with 4 slx-tined fork, aud
the urine turns the muck to a dark color.
so | can readily take that up and Pile 1t
with the droppings at one end Of the shed
This Is attended to every morning q reg
ularly as clean out the stable 10 winter.
In this way | double the manure in sun
mer. When | again get out all the ma
nure (in the fall, I'll up again with muck,
and where | throw out the stable manure
put it one and half feet deep. The
stable floor is water-tight l cut up straw
and brakes In straw-cutter 10 litter the
cows in the stall, thus keeping them clean
70 milk, and keep litter on the lower floor,
back Of the COWS, 10 take Up the urine
| hoe back the manure morning, noon,
evening, and at n.ne o'clock, before l 20
to bed. and sift litter under the COWS ey-
cry time Then, in the moraiug, / fork
the manure, urine-soaked muck a7d straw
together, and then throw all out upon the
muck in the shed Al. the water that
drains out is taken up by the muck under
meath. Thus by spring the muck Is sat-
urated, and IL Just as strong As any Of the
pile
This management more than doubles
the quantity and quality Of manure The
common talk Of my boyhooi was that a
load OF hog manure was worth two or three
loads Of cattle manure, because the hog l.
ted 90 richer food, aud the bejdipg, u'lue
and solid manur, were al, 'xet up 90
gether by the hog Now if COW Is kept
tat by feeding twenty pounds o: hay, cut
from the 10th 70 the 10Th Of June, and
has 4 peck Of potatoes in addition, YOU
have lust as rich a manure as the hog
makes, il 1t Is treated as above described
A number Of years ago MANFRED piece
Of ground for corn with hog manure
lacked enough Tor the piece. and filled out
with a load from the cOw-shed, aud there
was no difference u the corn. / spread a
load Of hog manure on my meadow .Or a
top-dreSsing, after moving IN June, aud
also took a Ioad o. COW manure and spread
it side by side With the ether, and ia *
weeks from the time spread i | moved
the grass. cut little over TWO tons per
acre, and the Two loads Of mauors were
equal IN effect one being a. god Is the
other. The manure chang d the grass
fOm less than Que ton to over twJ tons Of
nice hay in SIX weeks. Il vas snowery
after putting II on, and was d mce grow
ing time
The manure | am now makipg will be
spread on the ground next spring and cu,-
tivated in seeded down with II bushels
Of seed per acre and rolled Tue 18th
Of July, If it Is good growing t.me,I eau
cut two tons per acre the last Of August
viii get two tons more have done this
many times The manure on this springs
sowing grows and puts back into the barn
two crops Of nice hay, and comes back III
10 the tub next winter in butter as nice
as summer butter. Thus this treatment
more than doubles the product, aud the
product more than doubles the beef aud
butter above the Common practice. Toe
manure then goes again for another crop
to the land next spring; 50 tie annual cir-
Gle is carried around complete TX.