How Should Manure Be Applied

ObservatioD ai.J expe-rienceshould de t rmiiiu the uiin'l of the farmer n regurd to the be.-t plan of iipplyinj; manure, wheili r to plotff it unckr dcep or Itave t on tbemrf.ir-e. The advocates of gurface ■■uring, epeak agui.st mu nre : e'iig turiscd uoder too deep, while the advocates of detp maouring, oharge urfu-e inatiuring wiih tertilizirtg tue sn.Ofiplicre. Uut thcre 8 a medium cours?, and encli theory is suppTted by plausible argument. Howover there n.e fuo phüosopbicul principies ugaiint tiiryiiiT nianure too dteply in the eurtti. Tlit: lo s of tin) saline matter of tho mi' nure by solutioo aiid filtraticn nill Ie reat in oriussoil and theevaporaticn to whioh so niucii lüH in uttributed by those holding opiuions advrrco to sur fuco manuring, would bo only a sim 11 drop in the buckef, compared to the Iohs by lolution. In pnroua soil, it W well kuowu ili.-it mauure wilt penotrute to a grrat deptb, imd ruuoh animal nintter u.ay desuui d bevond tbe reach of Furface growin plontf. Humus is fon. - ed by the decay and decomposition (f rretulile uia ter, which in tLe pLllosrphy of uatuie i ruanipulnted on the autfaoc; bence the rule in the application of intiriurp sliould be taken fn m the IndicBii'tni of na tui e aud Science. Thu dect.y and coRBumptioa of one orep for tho uourislinieiit of anuther, the dropping of unimals aod defolialion of treen and plarits, Itft on the surfaoe. Thi ■eetus to oontradict tbe idea of any los by cvaporation. It will, thcrefors, btbtst to ad"pt tbe plan of deep cultiva tion, but to kei'p tbe manure und vegetable matter as near the sdrface as po6si ble. There i.s alwayg sorae loss by ivaporali"D, bnt mu h le'8 tbn by iniiltration. Hut it ahould bö a Kadi: g idea wtth farmers to ba close observers of saoli na'ural operstions, in tbe grow h of 8ot)taDei us d1 cultiraled vegetati'in, and aecommodate tluir praclices) t imítate nature as uearly as possible.