News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

three men will plant three acres, and
it takes much less time to hoe it.
figured it up, allowing for the differ
ence in cost Of planting, and my phos-
phate cost me 10 cents to the acre. |
have found with fiat culture, that corn
is much less liable to be broken off.
1t will sometimes be blown down quite
fiat, but if not broken will right itself
up again. 1t will be observed that in
one instance it wants 600 of a bushel
to make 80 bushels to the acre, and
those two rows were heavy corn but
when it is talked about getting twenty
bushels more, | don't see how it is
done. | am inclined to think there
has been q mistake made somewhere.
There has long been standing offer
in New Hampshire, that the one that
should conclusively show that they
had raised 100 bushels of dry shelled
corn on one acre, should be paid 500
in gold, but the gold has not been
called for yet. But now comes the
report from Maine, that $40 bushels
to the acre was raised last year. If
am TO believe this | must have con-
siderable help, for | can't do it alone.
There are other questions connect
ed with the use of commercial fertil-
izers. First, are they completely ex-
hausteI the first year? Here l can
only use the Yankees perogative, q
guess. My impression is that they
are the "brandy' of agriculture, and
quickly eXpend all of their force.
Another question, Can we success
fully use tIrem without applying
manure? This | think depends on
circumstances. If | was planting rich
land with corn, should want phosphate
to push it ahead the fore part Of the
season, SO as TO have it out of the way
of an early frost in the fall, but gen.
orally the largest benefit will be re-
ceived by using it with stable manure.
Phosphate will rapidly push corn
ahead about so far and then seems to
have done; it then wants other slim
ulants to complete what the phosphate
has so well begun.
l will here give the result of an ex-
pertinent with a homemade fertilizer.
Having on hand the clearings from
the privy for two years, well decom-
posed and deodorized with muck, two
and half barrels of dry hen manure,
a few bushels of both leached and I'M
leached ashes, some refuse salt and
lime, and the winter pre-
vious to making this compost, saved
The chamber Stops in some old fish
barrels; in the spring, soon as the
frost was out of the ground, thorough
ly mixed all together with loan enough
10 make forty bushels, grain measure.
What relation one ingredient bore to
another | know nothing about; / went
ON the principle d" the more the mer-
rier" it was shOVeled over twice before
using. The next thing l wanted to
know was, what would the compost
do when compared with phosphate
under exact like circumstances. Turn
eel over one half acre of meadow land
that would have cut about one ton of
hay to the acre; on one half put
phosphate in the hill, the other half
The compost one pint in the hill. and
no other manure. | wanted to test
each by its own merits. The "phos-
0hated" part came up quickly, grew
more rapidly, threw out many suckers.
and 1t looked as though compost was
nowhere, until it began to tassel out.
1t then became evident there was
wanting to complete the
work so we'll begun. The one-fourth
acre with compost in the hill, at first,
was quite slow in its movements, but
after time, began to accelerate its
speed, and at harvest had the kind Of
ears that puts the smile on the face of
he farmer. The compost did not
produce so much fodder as the phos-
)hate, but more corn. 1t was not,
out ought to have been tested bv the
scales, and were l trying the expert
nent again, would know to a pound
he difference to the acre. All ex-
)eriments should be by weighing.
There is too much latitude in guess
ng, too indefinite to be of much value.
viii here say, whatever | use in the
ill, do not dump it down all in one
place, but scatter it about some, so
hat more roots may receive benefit
rom it. Forty bushels, a pint in the
nil, would manure about two-thirds
IF an acre, with hills in three and a
lalf feet squares, and most farms
night make that and much more.
Allow me few words more. and
am done. One year ago last
Iune, | think l saw every farm in
own, and L saw much that interested |
ne. AS far as | was able, studied |
'ur wants and our capacities. The
lrSt thought was, are we located in |
he right place, or ought we to strike |
'ur tents and follow the setting sun
nut will leave that for each to decide |
or themselves. / came to the con-
fusion tnat our principal and imme-
late wants were three; first-a live
lrmers' club; secOnd,-tO devise
OiIC way W MIL DIdhC6 LIlft. 10
Commence 4 system of under draining
'ut the club is of the most importance.
that thrives the others will follow.
nd it is said that God helps those
nat help themselves. l would like
. meet my brother farmers and ex-
hange thoughts and experiences, and
should expect to take away more
nan L carried in, yet they would have
Othing the less.
would like to know if anyone here
as yet devised q way to eradicate
nat pest of our pastures-tho brake.
here 1t is so strong we can't pillow.
Where that can be done | am master
the situation, but where it is stony
nd lodges, they seem to have more
etiant look, as much as to say, l am
ere, and what are you going to do
bout it? But when the farmers
ub gets into full blast then we shall
lscuss all of these questions.
"Horse-car conductors. )" says n spite
II writer. should always be chosen
it'll view to personal courage. because
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