Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-02-17
3arm ann .yOussbOIO.
suss.!sa. Aaa E.p,.ss. VI. 9.


Has MvCK Any FEkTuIzI>G NAlUE p
The term muck" Is Unfortunately apph-
ed to the different kinds Of pea; which &C.
cur in marshes, meadows. boys. and swamp,
regardless OF color. or almIiure. /; i
well known ths; there Is great difference
in the chemical composition, a. well a. ~
the color. the ooiors being gray, red, black,
and brown. Some are comp.c; and heavy.
other, light and spongy. ohcn web q
fbers. Some contain considerable per-
cent each Of lime sulphur and ammonia
Others, but a trace. Some are quick, other,
Of slow decay.
The practice in our bovhood, Of getting
up muck, has been abandoned. Farmers
have come TO the belief ,ha, instead Of being
food for plants the mos, Of j; pos.ossc,
dslet,rious hurtful something" poisonou.
10 both soil. and crops a.. q which is az
srned 20 b true.
Sabsequen, investigation shows TIA, the
fault ia in the s,e no; ia the muck. Far
mers were handling suhstan6, q vhose
chemical comnr.i,lon hey kn.v nothing
The bad effects they Sc. ,a- Ink between
cause and effect the, did not So. Where
was the fault, OF what coaid not be OWNED
until science came 20 the rescue.
Raw muck has b2, !st,lc value - frr,i.-
irer l, is deficient IN ltme. ro'..h. Fao.-
phor.c acid and able ammonia. !, j.
water soaked. cold. and mort tn, b,,, q
/, contains les than . per cent. 20: J..fo.r1l
nitrogen. recurring long ,.asc To- =, il for
plan, food. The ,4lu, Of MUCK .l,. ch.,a,
in liz power 90 absorb aad;o become a.r.c4!-
tura!l, useful. Il, remarkab., power Of ab-
torbins gases and liquids mus; be great
deal better understood
rs absorbent pove: far ammonia and
other volatile gases which c,-lpe from fer
men,.ng and d,caviug Substances and fur
in.o!erab.c. miaema,ic odor~ which !, per
manen,ly retains, il, equaled only by pow
dercd charcoal While the quantity &c liquid
which II Wi. take up and ,gause-lk, hold
FOX the use Of crops. make j, one II the be-,
fer,Il.ziHg form, a; The farmer, command.
But to gi,cit IL fun ahsarben; power. ]:
must have a season, driving must b, put
under cover and KEEP, untI il has become
Ike dry snuff to the feel. nnia- not only
cxp,l, the cold, sour water with " Inch muck
is saturated. bu, the driving process, nel,ra-
lize, the acid, and rc>iuous matter with
which j; j, charged.
The muck bed deposit, Of Eastern Nam.
Weld what is termed 'sI'r.o. muck" \
ohemis, would say. the muck contains sui
phure, Of iron-or green yi,rlo..or coppera..
an acid in quantity. which ) fatal, dcs;rac-
tive 10 vegetation. such muck with al. Of
it. acidi'y when sed'oHef, becomes cap
i'al fertilizer
during decade. iae>e marty years gone
By, the writer used hundreds OF oH-caT' loads
Of hardwood much It va applied 20 d
gravelly sol, oo'rNe hungry .eeshH' and
deficient IN vegetable matter ka" muck
ia ''-''- . syn . -
o-e' a. ~ = Al'',! % way We, -''o-' '''''-
D! "s'-ou1'I'A' ''''i-''>''' = '..D''''''' gym
u'u-''N " '.'' NV '-'''' - =
,--5l- - I'LL.
- -. -. D. 80,
-. - -. ia IL. 80 s-....
- 81 -. -. -,
,r-a,,, 80. . ,.. "a - ana -, 4.-,e,l
INGREDIENT, a., changed 10 minister 10 the
wants fcron. An.r n year. SEASONING, f.,
i s-ted nv co-,,o.,i,, u.ifb b,r, nannr,s
and thu, nrsnared ) rb.aner and more re-
lisbls than ~. far fe,cbed and dear bou,b,''
,,,entsd -rs,sr.,i,rs Winch crowd .be mar
t.,s
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=,
-. 80 TO- =, ~,
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WHAT or THE TOMATO As fooD Il he
Tomato ootanlcaliy known as Lyeoper''e''H
eseHlsntun', until recent PERIOD was called
the "Love-ApPle, and vas thought to be
poisonous
A good medical authority says, that
cooked or raw, or in the form Of catsup. it
is the most wholesome article in use that
il is almost sovereign for dyspepsia and in