The Dawson journal., 1883-09-27
Saving OF Manure.

article on saving manure in summer
which says the careless farmer throws
out the clearings of his stables, and
allows his cattle to run in the yard.
their droppings and the stable ma
nure being washed away by rains, and
all the liquid portions wasted EXCEPT
such as may be accidentally absorbed
by the straw and litter. Others,
more careful, secure the LIQUID ma
nure by means of cutters in the sta
bic floors, or by the use of enough
hitter and absofbants TO prevent it's
waste. If much straw is employed
the heaps are left exposed to rains !:
If there is but little litter, the heaps
are sheltered to prevent Washing
These various modes of treatment
are mostly confined to the accumu-
latiCns during winter but to obtain
the largests.amount the required care
should be continued through tie
whole year. Too often waste of
materials is. permitted in summer.
The amount of manure might be
greatly increased by saving all that
may be had the year round. Com
post heaps may he formed for secur-
ing liquid as well as solid matters
that are often permitted to become
lost. Housekeepers are sometimes pu2.
zled to know what to do with the va
rious refuse substances at house
cleaning, and straw beds have been
actually emptied into the public
streets. Weeds from the garden
share the same destination. The
tops of early potatoes are left scatter
ed over the ground to the annoyance
OF the future plowman, instead of
devoting them to the manure heap.
TO these might be added the scrap
ings of cutters and dishes, dooryard
leaves, waste from the kitchen, bones
and fish, the daily cleanings of the
pig pen, pea vines vault cleanings
which have been mixed by daily adj
ditions of coal ashes or read dust,
and droppings from the hen-house;
and then throwing over this compost
medley a sufficient amount of slops
and other liquids to promote some
fermentation; and in few months
the heap may be worked over after
some decomposition has taken place
The farmer and gardener who takes
the pains to secure the fertilizing ma
terials accomplishes two objects in
one. lie clears away offensive mat
ter, and he adds to his yearly supply
of manure. BY carefully preventing
any waste at his barns. beside adding
all these resources, the amount of
home made fertilizers mag be at least
tripled, as compared with the amount
obtained by the careless farmer.
Quite coarse and apparently un-
promising materials may he CONVEX
ted into finely pulverized fertilizers
by means of fermentation, and work
ing over after rotting together for
some months. In this connection,
and for illustration, the mode by
which fine manure is sometimes
made for the nicer gardening opera
tons, may he alluded TO. The vari-
GUS coarse and fbrous matters, COM
mon manure, is alternated in layers
with road-dust, turf leaves, etc, and
made into a square heap. A depres-
sion is made in the top in the form
OF a shallow kettle, TO receive slops
or liquid manure. The heap should
be kept moist by the supply in this
reservoir, but not so wet that the air
cannot penetrate to promote fermen-
tation. In the coarse Of q few months
the heap will be ready to work over
In large quantities this manure will
be capital thing for topdressing the
ground on q small scale and finely
pulverized with due amount Of
sand, it will answer well for window
gardening.