Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-02-05

We will now proceed to the third
important step in process Of 'renovating
WORKOUT land" The proper kind, and
the application Of, manures: viz, stable
manure, and vegetable matter produced
by the farm; lime, mari, bones, ashes,
guano, plaster, aud turning in green
crops.
1t may be considered almost an
axiom in farming operations that no
one should 60 in debt for any kind OF
manures, unless in favored situations
where the price Is very low, and the
transportation cherp, Except perhaps
for lime,) without irSt having fully
awaited himselfof all his own resourc es;
and his manure heap, too, should DE his
first care. No farmer need ever be at a
loss for profitable employment for him
self and hands IN adding to his stock OF
this all-important requisite to successful
operations; and in preventing the loss
and waste Of what IS already accumu-
lated. When not necessarily otherwise
engaged, the time IS well employed in
many situations by hauling the rich
earth and decomposed vegetable matter
which has accumulated in the marshes,
leaves, weeds, &C., and Incorporating
them with the contents of his barn -
yard; independent of their own fertile
ing properties, they are valuable as
absorbents, to receive and retain the
more volatile ingredients that otherwise
might be lost in the process of fer.
mentation and decomposition; few
bushels Of plaster may be used with
much advantage for tue same object.
1t was the maxim ola wise man, who
became independent-and that too, with
oHt the charge Of dishonesty or extor-
ton ever having been alleged against
hlm-that "a penny saved is two pence
gained" It's emphatlcally true, with
regard to the saving and judicious ap-
plication Of manure.
AS an evidence of what care and
attention in regard to making and saw
ing manure will accomplish it Is within
the knowledge of the writer, that two
loads Of manure with two yoke OF
oxen) have been hauled out this season,
for every acre Of arabic land on the
farm; and with small exception, pro-
duced on the farm itself, without
extraneOus aid.
As germaine to cur present purpose
and object, will here remark. that
many farmers whose lands most re-
qulre ''renovating," keep too many
horses; in nineteen case out Of twenty,
and for nearly all farm purposes, one
>n9r two good yoke ofoxen Gre decide 1o'|
enfablc. They UeH ii1 sssJre an" '
aid will perform twice the labor save
II expense Of harness, and still more IN
keeping and after working to
years under good management, are
usually worth more than the first cost,
for the shambles.
MARL.-I can say but little from ex-
pericnce, the use of calcareous manures;
but am fully satisfied both by informa-
ton derived from Others, aud from per-
ssnal observation, that wherever it
abounds, it might be made A NINE OF
WEALTH to the proprietor and the ad
jacent districts which admit Of water
transportation.
The only apparent reason why they
are not more so. is, either ignorance Of
its great fertilizing properties, or lack
ofthe necessary enterprise and indus
try,To BECOME RICH, when every facility
for the purpose is, as it were, laid al
their very doors. The quantity of mar
required to the acre, to produce much
beneficial results, does not admit of ex'
tended land transportation; but there
are thousands, if not tens of thousand:
of acres, bordering on and near tide
water, both in this and nelghborlne
States, now: thrown out as. waste land,
because they will no longer yield ever
a stinted growth of vegetation; most, i
not all of which, might readily be re
claimed by the judiciOus use Of mari
and at One-fOurth the cost per acre, tina
lands ia the interior, originally NJ
better, if so good, -arc made TO yield Il
to II barrels of corn, or 30 to 10 bushel
of wheat TO the acre. | have been in
formed by some OF the large landed pro
rrietors-not owning, nor residing with
less than 8 to 10 miles Of the mar
beds that boat load OF a thousand t
twelve hundred bushels Of mari, rich j
carbonate of lime, could be delivered a
many Of their landings, at an eXpens
not exceeding IS TO $40. Yet not ON
bushel was ever used
But as was justly remarked by on
of these very intelligent and hOspltabl
gentlemen, ''lts no use to preach to
decf congregation" and further re
mark or two will only be added; NJ
altogether without the hope that som
thing will eventually "stir them up,
and induce a trial at least Of th
valuable manure. 1t matters less, heN
when, or what quantity of Mari or Lin
isappleG; only MAKE THE APPLIol
TIoN, and that pretty literally. L
application, like lime, is best made on
two. or three years, and on the surfac
before breaking up the lands; and thu
give it the benefit of the winters frOs
and SHOWS 10 dissolve and incorpOra
it with the soil.