How To Apply Manure

Obsorvation and expericuce shonld determine the inind of the farmer in regard to the best plan of applying manure, whether to plow it under doep, or leave it on the surface. The advocates of surface manuring speak against manure being turned under too deep, wlnle the advocates of deep-manuring charge 6urfacemanuring with fertilizing the atmosphurc. But therc is a medium course, and each theory is supported by plausible arguments, However, there are true philosophical principies against burying manure too deeply in tho earth. The loss of the saline matter of the manure, by solution and infiltraiion. jvill be great in porous soil, and the evapoiation, to which so much loss is attributed by those holding opinions adverse to surfacemanuring, would be only a small drop in the bueket, comiarcd to the loss by solution. In porous soils, it is well known that manure will penétrate to a great depth, and much animal matter my descend beyond the reach of surface-growing plants. # Humus is formed by tho decáy and deoomposition of vegetable matter, which, in the philosophy of nature, is manipulated on the surface ; henee, the rule in 4he application of manure should be taken from the indications of nature and science. The dec.ay and consumption of one erop for the nourishment of another, the droppings of animáis, and defoliatioa of trees and plants, are all left on the surfute. This seenis to contradict the idea of loss by evapor'ation. It will, thereforé, be best to adopt the plan of deep cultivation, but keep tlli; manure and vegetable matter as near tho surface as possible. There is always some loss by evaporation, but much less than by infiltration. It should be a leading idea with farmers to be close observers of such natural operations, in the growth of spon taneous and cultivated vegetation, and accommodate their practice so as to imitate nature as nearly as possible. For cows swollen by clover, tako a stick about the size of a. hoe handle, in length about two inches more thau tlie width of tho cow's inouth. Cut a crease near cach end of the stick to keep the cord from slipping off, which should be long enough to pass, like the headstall of a bridle, behind the horns or crown of the head. In short, use tho stick as a bridlebit, which will open the mouth, so that tho gas will puss out ia a snort time. When tho swelling subsides, remove the stick. Tomatoes are now essential articles of diot in every houaehold, and, when grown for ono's own use, thé quulity is of far more OOQSequeaoé tlim Ojete quantity. Wo have now for severa] years noted tlie growth of tomiitoes on poles, aiul coinpared theni with all 'ither ways, and think there is do question as to their absolute sapeiioxity in every respect. The conimon field pltUL of leaving theni to grow as they list, spreadiixg everywhere over tho ground, inay bcas truck growers say it is, tho way in whicli the heaviest weight of fruit eau be had in proportion to the labor spent ; but ia this way the fruit is more acid than under any other system.