The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-06-05
Agriculture.


Asas coil provided ~iih an active hanas
represents the mosi poscrtul laboratory
eoncelsshls.in shicb innpmer.hle changes
are ~ofted out rfincipslly by tie cease
lessly produced c.fbauic aei ue cse.-ith
The a,upos, cohii lcnce 10 good results en-
trust onf frriilEise msieush 20 sneh so'i
Ia insoluhIeiefm. AZ lons as They are iasly
graund. ~ they ,brn ~ia he speciality con
verisl into assimilsfei plsoi Iood Dot
/ beioEs we cast about inr irrilllKlDs mateft.
ais from outside, ~, us mike The beet nse
OF our home resources, A large amunnt o.
plant food is annually produced on every
farm. 10 The dioppioss u su.mals. ashes.
bones aud all kia Dis oifal from tue kitchen
aud wash house, which should he careful
| ~ preserved aud 30 manipulated that the
greatest b,uetl may be derived from them.
rben the human excremen,s furnish an
I importsat item Tue late Baron Won
Liebig, who d,sefvedly may be called the
father OF scieuiho agriculture, found ths,
100 parts Of the urine OF = healthy person
are equal 10 ,nsuurial value TO 1900 parts Of
fresh dang from horse Ga the assump-
tion that the liquid aud solid encrements
OF an adult person person amount on an
average to obly IL pounds daily q a
pounds Of urine aud 4 pound OF i@ces).
aad both taken together contain only pei
cent OF nitrogen. we fud that in one yes'
they will amount TO 5i7 pounds OF excreta'
containing l6 Al pounds OF nitrogen "a
quantity Sufficient to produce 500 pounds
OF wheat. rye or oats, or 300 pounds Of
barley; it is also much more than need be
applied to au acre annually Tor the richest
Q ops.
IL consid ring the value OF our barnyard
manure. IL 10 hot enough TO consider oniy
the amounts OF nitrogen, phosphoric acid
aud potassa contained by it, The organic
matter. which constitutes large proper
tion OF it, is OF good importance, as shown
BIZ the Tor sgoing, No farmer should lose
sight OF tle fact that every pound OF orgaL'
10 matter put in the soil and liable TO dc.
cay rep Q ,ents sertain cource OF nitrogen
in the form Of nltraies Then II should
also be Dor Ia mind that every applica
Ii N OF barnyArd manure Increases the
amount OF active humus while the social
cd commercial fertilizers cause the plants
to feed upon the already EXISTING humus
till this is consumed aud the soil reuder,d
80 hard or baked" that il becomes a mat
ter OF great difficulty to cultivate it. by
careful aud ludiclous management Of our
home resources Of plant food, every farm
er can increase the productiyeness Of his
fields to a most surprising extent and ct
the smallest possible outlay
The following may be summed up in the
following five rules, which should consti.
tute the alpha aud omega Of every farmer .
catechism.
/ Create and maintain sufficient
amount of active humus.
2 Feed oil farm animals 10 such q way
that, while deriving the largest possible
revenue from them. the largest amount Of
plant food elements or richest possible ma.
nure also shall be obtained.
3. Order the economy so that as little as
possible OF these plant food ingredients
shall be sold, returning to the soil as large
a proportion Of them as spracticable. To
illustrate this, it may be stated that q
farmer who sells 5000 worth Of wheat at
G2 IL cents bushel also parts with $57
worth Of plant food; IN selling horse for
$500, lie only parts with 81 worth Of plant
food; n If he sells 5000 worth OF butter
Q 25 cents per pound be parts With less
than fifty cents worth OF plant food
4. Secure the best inn lements for tiling
the soil 10 the most thorough manner.
| 8. Select q good rotation of crops.
| Mirror and Farmer.