The Best Method of Using Manurs.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Best Method of Using Manurs.

rJarnyard manure being our chief reii. : j for a fertiliser, it is of 'the utmost && ance.that we should use.it [ as: to obtain tlw greatest .possible , j from it.- In estimating rived from manure used in r any shouldhear in mind .that..only- ' tion of the nutriment in it, one-fourth to one-third-; is used by'fchfSsS I crop grown upori.it, the thirds 1 or , three-quarters' remaining InK i soil for the benefit; of future' crojs?|t & the manure* should;be applied in'suctffe ■fliafe'iiot only the' first' crop; ing crops may receive the. greatest/i«| good from , it. ' "'■ ' ; ■ ■• '■■■'- '^r.:; I have for some time been of the tipicioa that,manure"should be '■ spread biM&jli , over the land as evenly as possibles not applied:'in 'the , hill perience , and, that of' others; , ' .that; belief .every year.. ;By ■ ■ '■jap 'hill the manure is , brought in .''immediate •contacti with the young roots as boou uj they begin , to start, and, the crop gets njJS ja .start in , the first part ;oi the .as soon as: the roots begin tosprea&ay ifrom the small spot covered by ; the!fßjj they begin to .languish for the .war.t of its and the crop doe's noi make the desired growth in th</ l| |! | r.ri of the season. ~i3y ! applying ■ every .part of the ground ;of. the manure, 'and;when the roots bfgia to;spread they are'sure'to come inconfact 1 with'it, and receive'all , possible'llS! during the whole.season. , , ; _" .'£ . But it is claimed-that manure'BifwM: |used in the"'hill in order that the crop 5; :get*a'good. start early in the ' ithe roots have' made "growth .enqWS; reach from'ilwlH. Tills , is Very true, Hut I clauh r th'at iti'te to used'no barnyard manure in the -lull; ap^ , plying instead.some artificial ferlaßsitits superphosphate or a Ho®Slf article with hen , ' manure for -a basis. : *,"By (this method the young plant gets flu n iquiSed. ! stSi*t early in the season, and tto spreadjinanure. furnishes the needed sjisfaK ance later, after Begin topuslioot aM r ay "from the influence of the feftiliieW■■ the -hill , .' , •' One grea^'-objection.' , thafc-I 'Eve to the use of manure in hill is on accountbf ;thejafter crops,of grain.,and .grass. |fe crops will never receive the >' full 'benefit of •manure in the hill, for after, cultivatkm wil| never spread it to any-great',estenk. A jportion of the crop makes a good grosti, while other portions suffer from' the iwantof. :the nutriment whiph.it should xfiqeijeffni wpuld.if the ; manure }iad.be'en spread. Every-. one will admit that"for.these crops manure ishbuld be spread over v the whole ground. i Every drought teaches.the manure" should not be used Jull-in-ft.« Very', dry, season, and the'long-continued find severe dry spell, of th'e'presenfcs§HQ!|k 'has only added gne |o the lessons,that they. have received in the past. It. is, a.ffell - . known fact that, crops, especially:;corn,, will not,"when manured, in the drought as w'ell'as those"v/here" 'the .was spread. "A, friend of mine Has'.'fiadja : 'seyer.e,lesson of this kind this year.', <tw6.|pipces* of .corii,. one of 'manured on the hill, while on the'otSie'f; place the manure was spread, and a .com-. mercia! .fertiliser, in the hill. \ Both,; of grpund.were dry, , and differed'but littje. in that respect. The: drought injured 'tto first piece seyerelyj while on the other'the corn made a good growth, and yield ,#3| an average" one.:,-. .The result,is,tHa|.tt.^ ; farmer no longer 'believes in usiiig in the hill. ■ ', ■■. ■ ,• .■-'■-^■ l > VWifh , .' manure in , r the pretty sure\to' : m'a|b:e'';them grow' scurfy, and; pronged, and it" there is any ;teiidep,cy.JOj rot, this method is sure to develop it to the fullest extent. ' ; All of the reasons already. ; given in favour of spreading manure, and, against''using ! in,;the : hill, (apply.; much force in the case of potatoes .as 'witQ. anybther crop;"" '"' • ' ',' *■■'■'■ ! r point; is in regard :tp , \ manure"sh'aii be incorporated , with ;the Pikr. '. after it is spread, on the'- surface.. ■ 'My tMW is that it should be spread upon'the • and harrowed in Avith a'.spike t -ifco6th harrow,, and .my reasons are these: Ist., -Slaflurtj should "be''mixed. , with- tlie soil in ordertaa|, it|miiy;3be:.keptAfram;drymg,-a^it , ;d decompose and toirigle,,with' the^'sbU).- * r .j fur'nisli o "'^^;'needed ' sustenance , ™Mi grqwingf plant while in.a dry.;state. :»|n|lv The'nuiiritive properties 5 of /'ffio '^#BS{.. : work'downi into ' r the : ;spil,- cai-ried'. "MWy by the, actiofrol'ifie i'Mns, .an'd;heyey ! woys up tp-any pei-ceptibleiextenc; { .These ,sftQWi uS'thatthemanure ! 'shbiild;be'mixfed the soil, and yet left as.near the silM:' ! 'Tfus'is'Sccomplished by the: mmA s have spokon'of. By the use of a :caltavaM|j portion 'ofthe manure is carried t OO unless the >; labd be very hard; im vtacfejpf it may .be necessary to use Ploughing in'the manure is a r u W s ]pS|j . tice, for,il-carries it down so far from -WK surface'that'tlie'benent derived f r %SJs much less than when it.is trpted ■in,.fi ia manner I have spoken of. .'' .'■.••., it,:,■. Ih:c6nclusion, Iwillsay article is" largely theoretical,' gnnng.-jD 4 little practice, the theories, , those which;lput% practice; and ? : theywork exactly asl have indicated.., W, :.•■.-. experiehee'bf othersabd proves'them Moulton, in. •• Home Farff^,.;.| ' ' Clipping': ~ ; - The best quince to plant apple. It is a anclseils more readily and ,at better, prices than most any other variety. ■ ~ ; ; In purchasing fruit trees; select; ol Kv best varieties ,of.'the. mosb desjr^le -g" ■;■ andMsute.qf & the-in^g«ty f ' man from whom you buy, r <••-'■■•' •