Prepare Manure

Thove is probably no country on the fao of th earth whero po grent a probortion of the elementa of fertility in th ■ iiianuie are destn.yed by carelen hand[ing m in tba Wet. The inherent richbeu of the virgin boü, the ease wilh whieh it uuy be cultivated, the scareiy and the high iri( f "-''' labor, tho large ai-eo öültivatëaTSy iiiaividu! farmers, fid the camparulivrJy low pricc of the principal otopa on the farm, iia ttíüdtíd to this. NeTerthole68, we have Bonataatly reiterated tifat it wiUpfij lo save manure in the West, luid the tmia ia tiot far distant when man ure will b ö -cie. an absolute neoessitj . '! b "■ '■'■ "K ll' a coripsp.nident, of tUe Amenriti F o: Baltimore, Md., although written from an Eastt-rn stand-point, where man i absolutely the life of the soil, will nevertholess commcnd itself to every thinking farmer of the West: If tbe farmer wishes to make a gooa erop of hay, he must niRUure his nud thoroughly." ïwo or three tons oí ti r Olhy hay per acre is a good erop. If th nier wishes to bavo a good' erop of oorn, ho must manure his land weLl. G-ood land, well cultivated, in good seasons. ought to tnake from. forty to one hundred and thirty busbels of corn to the It the farmor wishes to m:iLe twi thfrty, forty bushuls of wheat lo thej he must have his land in good conditiou. Lavge crops of wheat an; áotrown o. pooi-, badly cultivated land. If tle farmer wishes to make large oiops of pot itoes, sweet or Irish, or fine cabbage or tumips, he must make ii land rioh. Tiiu firct mnst iirHssiru!-. most sable want oí the farmer is iníimnv. If the farmer eau tnake oí buy plenty of manurc, he can hare fine crops of wheat, coru, potatoes, etc. Panning without innnuro is a discouraging, profitlesa avocation. To make manure, tlien, is tne leamng idea oí' a farmer's life. AU farm stoel;, hoises, beef cattle, hogs, sheep, íhould be stablod or enclosed (certainly at night) in yards well littcred with stmw or weedg. Every animal, all poultry, should pontribute its quota io the manure bank. All weeds and loóse litter should be placed oa the manure bank. Wet straw, wet cornstalks, etc., are not manure. Manure is a cotnpouit- is vegetable matter animalized by well i'td animáis. Tho barn ought to be on a sloping hillside, so that the stulls tor eattle and horses might be in the foundation- the hay, grain, etc, be secured nbove. In this way grain and hay muy be seriir, in tho barn and made into manure in the barnyard. Evory horse and covv ought to manufacture mauure. Hen manure is probably the richest of all manure, containing 8.4 per cent, of ammonia. If ono fiirmer was to ninke uve or six lour norse ïoaus oi mauuiu " """ „"1 for every horse, cow, nul hog on bis Lm, his farm would improve rapidly. Tbis he may do by using straw Rtter, titr . freely in stables. But in addition to tlie mamirt from tbc bmn-yard aucl hog-pi-n, aÖd pötlllry house the farmer shuulu sow oiover frui;ly, let it attain its full growth and soc tbut one erop at least is lei't on tlie soil. TKc good farmer improvcs his land froni dover; the poor and tlio-aghtli ss fariuw may sow cluver and iinpovoiisli bis foll by injudicious gnizing. Bome farmers use lime, otbers buy ground bones, the vurious alkahes, etc. AU are good, ïi pioperiy made and properly usfd. Bul if the i'aviiier wants goud cropt-, his lurui must be manured - rich. ïhe barn-yard sKonld be littered, tin stalls cleaued out regularly and the contents distriboted erenly over the yard Piaster sbouid be scattered over the yard cvei y week or two. All stock ehould be induccd to reraain in lli" yard when n.! sftabled. A little hay or fodder will raakt thein fond of the yard. The yard ought to be s-ciirüly enclosed, and a cistern ftt the end of the bain, of suitnble üise, wil] fnrnish a large quantity of waier foi stock.