358 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 6 



•Clover lols, 



10 

 36 



— 114 

 18 

 649 



Muddy -hole farm. 



Fieltl, No. I. - - - 63 acres. 



II. _ . - 68 



III. _ . - 52 



IV. - - - 54 



V. - - . 65 

 \\. . - . 80 

 Vil. - . . 7i 



Clover lolp, .... 20 



476 



Rjver farm. 



FieUl, No. I. ... 120 acres. 



II. _ _ - 120 



III. - - - 125 



IV. - _ . 132 



V. - - - 132 



VI. ... 130 



VII. - - - 120 

 Pasture, - - - . 212 



Orchards, &c. ... 84 



Clover lols, _ _ . . 32 



■ 1207 



TTfiion fiirm, ' - - - - - 928 



Dogue run larm, - - - . - . 649 



Total of the four flums, - 3260 

 [End of correspondence loilh Young. Letters 

 to Sir John Sinclair in next ^Vo.] 



THE POUDRKTTE COMPAW OF THE CITY 

 OF KEW YORK. 



We rejoice to learn, from advertisements in the 

 New York papers, and more fully from the New York 

 Farmer, that D. K. Minor, esq., the editor of that 

 publication, has succeeded in his scheme of forming a 

 company, and raising funds, to convert the filth of the 

 privies of that city to manure. Our own general re- 

 commendations and plans, for the same general object, 

 combined with others still more important, as lately 

 presented in this work, seem to hav« resulted in 

 the manner that we have been long accustomed to 

 submit to, and to expect, whenever urging any thing 

 for the improvement of either town or country. But 

 we are not, therefore, the less pleased to< learn of the 

 better success of another — and hope that his opera- 

 tions may be as profitable to himself, as they will be 

 beneficial to his country. 



In the last No. of the New York Farmer, there was 

 republished our article, commencing at page 251 of this 

 volume on "the identity of aiiimalized charcoal, with 

 a preparation of human excrements" — which is fol- 

 lowed by the following editorial remarks. 



"Bone manure is held in high estimation both in 

 Europe and this country, and is manufactured in large 

 quantities, and sold at high prices, or thirty to forty 

 cents per bushel, with profit to the cultivator; but 

 "anhnalized carbon, a new manure," much in use and 

 highly valued, as will be seen by the foregoing ex- 

 tract from the "Quarterly Journal of Ao;ric>ilture," 

 has not yet been introduced into the United States, nor 

 are we familiar with its ingredients or preparation, j'et 



we presume it to be valuable manure, not^however, 

 superior to povdrelte, which is composed of at least 

 six parts in seven of f(Ecal matter, and one part of a 

 vegetable compound, winch disinfects it of, or allays 

 the oti'ensive odor, and makes it a dry substance, cither 

 in powder, or in particles Irom a powder to a walnut, 

 or lien's egg; or it may be made into any sized cakes 

 conveiiir'nt lor transportation, and afterwards ground, 

 or pounded for use. 



It is proper to remark here, that the gentleman who 

 is to direct the operations of the preparation in this city, 

 is familiar not only with the process of M. Payen, but 

 also with every other process used in Kurope, yet he 

 does not adopt them, as he, has a more speedy, and yet 

 moie mild, or leaf, dctrrioraling process of pitpaiation. 

 The ingredients usul are entirely vegetable, and s;Mve 

 to allay, or absorb, and not to throir off, the fertiliz- 

 ing gases. The whole process is completed in 12 to 

 4S hours, accoi'ding to the state of the atmospliere. 



This manure wdl be sold at twenty-five cents a 

 bnsliel; oi' put up in casks holding from three to ten bush- 

 els and delivered on ship board for thirty cents per 

 bush-'l warranted to bo ])repared in the prof)Orlion of six 

 parts urine and fcecal, and one part vegetable matter. 



It will be prepared and put up under our own in- 

 spection, and branded .with the brand of the company. 

 Orders may be addressed to the editor of the New 

 York Farmer." 



We are at a loss to understand how the addition of 

 j an)' "vegetable compound," and in so small propor- 

 j tion as one part to six of fcecal and highly putrescent 

 matter, can serve to disinfect the latter, and jireserve 

 it from waste by putrefaction; though this is the manu- 

 facturer's concern, and not ours, or the purchaser's. 

 But while unenlightened on this head, we shall continue 

 to prefer our own plan of using mild calcareous earth, 

 as the material for combining with, and preserving the 

 putrescent matters, apd preventing their noisome ex- 

 halation. This method is certainly efficacious, and is 

 probably much the cheapest, wherever fine and rich 

 marl can be bought as low as in most of the towns on 

 tide water. Though this earthy ingredient would be 

 furnished in very far larger proportions, than one to 

 six of the fecal matter, still the former would lose 

 nothing of its original value, as manure, by its use, 

 and therefore, its sole cost would be merely the expen- 

 ses of transportation. 



But as the people of the southern states are accus- 

 tomed to be supplied with almost every article of pur- 

 chase, from the north, we hope that Mr. Minor's scheme 

 will find in southern towns, more favor than our's has 

 any prospect of gaining. Wherever he may be en- 

 couraged to carry on his work, every day's operations 

 will serve, in a greater or less degree, to remove pre- 

 sent causes of disease and death to numbers, and, at 

 the same time, to provide food, and thereby maintain 

 and give life to many others. If to give food, and 

 health, and life, to numerous individuals — and to great- 

 ly increase the fertility, wealth and population of the 

 country — will entitle any man to be considered a 

 public benefactor, than assuredly ought Mr. Minor's 

 success to place him in that rank; and well may the la- 

 bors of the "Poudrette Company" be deemed noble, not- 

 withstanding the ofi'ensive scenes and subjects of their 

 operations, and the contempt and ridicule which they 

 will receive at .first, in much more liberal measure, 

 than either commendation or gratitude. 



