Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-07-25
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ter you have SO we'll discbsrg rged sKet
duties deyoiying upon as
i dier! and as q citizen I think YOU WILL
| deserve that plaudit, ell donSSSSI
4 good and faithful servant sS n
You do not state the quaatiSy pr
the quality Of the animal manuret
YOU applied to the corn, but yfroihs
the, results 7 suppose they were9S
green manures. In all experinen
tions due regard should be had HIS /
those two things. The manure from
different animals, differs as much as
the animals do. There Ia as muoh%
difference in the excreiment Of the
! dog and cow es there :s :ss il. ss!ss
formation of the two animals, and
the kinds Of food fed to the same
animal causes a very great differ-
ence in the excrement. Recent 8ex-
periments have shown that all the 4
Nitrogen eaten by animals in their
food comes out from them again in
the urine and dung, Ifythatis true
the excrement from a COW fed ON ].
turnips would only give 8 pounds
patash, 2 pounds phosphoric acid
and 4 pounds Of nitrogen in the
ton. From cotton seed meal the ex- &
crement would contain Al pounds
potash, SO pounds phosphorus Sacid
and l4O pounds nitrogen. There. !
fore, to experiment. intelligently, SEit 3
is Of the highest Importance to know
the character of the excrement vois5
ded by different animals and the 4
urine also. storer says, aN NotwiSh- 4
standing the large proportion Of
water in urine, the amount Of solid
matter in the urine voided by5a man I
ina day is about one-third larger I
than the amount of dry matter In !
the solid excavations Of q day. IT.
is further said, in the case of horses,
it appears that some 473 per cent Of &
tho dry matter in their food passes
out FROM them in the solid and li-,
quid excremcnts, and that the pers
centage Of water in these excrements
amounts to 77a on the averages; so 1
that in the total excre,nent there i'd. 1
about 22.5 per cent Of dry matter
Whence it appears that from every
100 pounds of dry matter eaten, 21O !
pounds Of fresh manure will be pros
| duced. i. J, 55ss
If the animal manures, especially;
the horse manure, had been we'll
composted it would have been made
moro available by the process Of fer-gs;
mentation and less liable to have
been injurious to the corn during
drought, and if the rain had contin-
ucd and supplied sufficient moisture
the results would doubtless have.
been very different. / prefer we'll
rotted stable manure to any con-
mercial fertilizer forany and all the
crops have ever planted. Expert
ments have shown that we'll rottedS
stable manure containing equal parts
OF the three principle ingredients Of
plant food (potash phosphoric acid
and nitrogen) as artificial or com
mcrcial fertilizers, the horse manure
gave the best results. Tho horse
manure contains vegetable matter,
and it is claimed that bacteria or MI.
croscopic organisms perform an I'M
portant part in promoting fertiliza-3
ton, and it is said old manure is one
Of the best possible breeding places
Of those useful organisms.
It is contended by some that fresh
manure, not used with any artificial
manure, even if it does not actually
injure the crop to which it is ap.i,
plled on grain crops, tends to the
| production of stems and leaves, r..t|,-3
er than of seeds and fruit. Ads.
tinguished writer on agriculture
says, "The moment any kind Of ma
nure begins to ferment, no matter
where, it gives off some Of It's SUBJ
stance in the form Of gas; butif the
fermentation occurs within the soil
| twill be gradual, and the products
of decay can be utilized by tho
plant. Besides, fresh manure, iil5I
fermenting in the soil, will actiupong
the soil advantageously in various
ways" If the animal manures used
under the corn, especially tho horse
manure, had been placed in the soil
long enough to have thoroughlyffer4
mented before planting the corn, the
results, | think, would have 3been
a. lIiffaronf M oL,nx, ~, ~ Lns. % so1t