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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



[No. 4 



teen hundred bushels, per day, will be less thiin fif- 

 teen thousand dollars: and six ihouRiind dollars will 

 commence it, on the scale of 500 bushels per day. 

 The capital to be entilled to one-third of the pro- 

 fits, which will be over four percent a month — 

 and subscribers to the amount of fi,ve hundred 

 dollars to have the privilege of using manure ut 

 half the market price. 



When in successful operation in this city, mea- 

 sures will be taken to aive other cities, and large 

 towns, the benefit of so valuable an improvement 

 in city and airriciiltural economy. 



Any information in our possession will be cheer- 

 fully communicated, as our desire is to contribute 

 all in our power to the cause of agriculture and 

 health. 



From the New York Farmer. 

 URATE, OR MAJfCRE FROM URINE. 



We have been furnished with the following 

 translation of a report made in France, on the 

 subject of manure made from urine, or the liquid 

 parts of the contents of sinks. 



By this report it will be seen that this kind of 

 ananure is exceedinnly valuable, and has been 

 used to great advi,inlage — yet it is not held in as 

 high esiimalion as poadrette, orthe manure made 

 by evaporation, from the more solid parts^ol the 

 contents of sinks or privies. The value of poud- 

 rette is well understood and appreciated in France, 

 Germany and England, where it is extensively 

 used, and even exported to the West India islands 

 with great advantage. 



There cannot, we believe, be a question as to 

 its superiority over any other manure, if it is not 

 deteriorated by the process of pre|)aration; and so 

 far as we are able to judge from the information 

 in our possession, we have no doubt as to the fa- 

 cility with which it may be prepared without de- 

 preciation. 



The following extract from the report above 

 referred to, gives many interesting facts in relation 

 to the mode of using, and quaiuity required, on 

 different soils, &c., 



"Eight to nine bushels (or about 600 lbs.,) are 

 generally sufficient per arpeat — or French acre, 

 which is equal to one acre, one quarter, and two 

 square perches, our measure, — upon artificial mea- 

 dows, or upon grain after winter has passed, and 

 in dry soils. In poor soils, it is necessary to in- 

 crease the quantity from 12^ to 17 bushels per 

 arpent, or from 10 to 13 bushels to the acre 

 our measure, when used on grain in the tiill. In 

 damp soils it has been used with success, at the 

 rate of from 17 to 21 bushels for winter grain. On 

 the fertile soils of La Beauce, it has been used 

 with more success than plaster upon artificial 

 meadows, and only at the rate of 13 bushels per 

 arpent. In the vallies of Labrie fi-om 17 to 21 

 hushels, and at Montereau and de Bray from 8 to 

 10 bushels per arpent are used. This manure 

 may be dissolved in water, as its action is greater 

 when it rains, soon after it has been spread." The 

 time for using it is indicated by the nature of the 

 soil and mode of culture. Upon such soils as do' 

 riot retain water, it is better to spread it at the 

 time of sowins:. The moisture of the earth, and 

 the rains of that season, hasten its solution, and 

 the grain is better prepared to resist the efTects of 



the winter. Nevertheless, if the sowi-L^ takes 

 place a very short time previous to ''^^ .setting ia 

 of the hard frosts, it would be li r .o omit 

 spreading the manure until early i spring. — • 



Grain treated in this way has given , Juce very 

 superior tothat treated in adifi'eren' ■ ■ •i!ner;also, " 

 when the soil retains water durinir '■'■ vinter, it is 

 better to delay spreading the niant"- 'intil spring, 

 as without this precaution it would tie too much 

 diluted, except upon early sowing, ''i a wet sea- 

 son, more manure is required to be used in au- 

 tumn, thaii in spring, upon the sace quality of 

 sjround. The use of this manure is very profita- 

 ble upon spring wheat, and other spring crops, 

 if care is taken to spread it in damp or rainy wea- 

 ther. 



When spread immediately after a heavy rain, 

 its effects are almost instantaneous. Ditring two 

 years trial, its effects have been iiigl.ly satisfactory. 

 The following are the results: 



The crops have been rendered stronger, and 

 heavier by its use, and come earlier to maturity, 

 while the grain has been larger and better filled. 



Oats have yielded double, and the grain very 

 heavy. 



The same results have been obtained with bar- 

 ley. 



Buckwheat has produced two or three times its 

 ordinary crop. 



Potatoes have yielded twice as 'Tiany tubers, 

 which are much larger than usual, very mealy, 

 and of exquisite flavor. The manure is applied 

 -hv beinfj mixed with pulverized soil and put in 

 the hilir 



Turnips have been able, after its application, to 

 resist the attack of the liquet, (an insect) which 

 eats the first leaves of the turi-.ip during the 

 drought. 



Beetroots obtained a circumference of 23 inches, 

 were of a superior quality, and the leaves oi" un- 

 usual size. Upon the vine the trials have like- 

 wise been very successful, the vegetation ha^; been 

 more active and the period of ripening advanced 

 a fortnight, while the wine was of better quality 

 than .that from the same sort of vine on the same 

 ground, but which had not been thus manured. 



For the culture of the vine, three difi'eret modes 

 of manunnii; have been tried, viz: Spreading it asi 

 in a cornfield, placing it at the loot of the vine, orr 

 by dissolving it in water, in the proportion of one' 

 pound to a i-allon. This last mode has been 

 found most successful. It has also been preferred 

 to the other methods both lor vegetables and fi-uit' 

 trees. 



A great advantage of this manure is, that it 

 does not, like most other manures, pro[)affate 

 weeds, as it is entirely free from seeds; and that 

 it acts for two years at least upon the same ground 

 without renewal. For grass and clover, it is su- 

 perior to plaster, as it has never been found inju- 

 rious to sheep and cattle." 



From tlie New York Farmer. 



EXTRACT FROM AN AGRICULTURAL TOUR IK 

 WESTERN NEW YORK. 



Tonawanda is a small stream flowing into the 

 River Niagara about twelve miles above the ' 

 Falls. It is dammed at its mouth, and is used for 

 several miles as part of the Erie Canal. A con- 



