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FARMERS' K E G I S T E K . 



[No. 11 



I regret, that I did not receive the ariicle so as 

 to apply it at the liine of (ilanting. I am not sure 

 thai llie resulls would have been more siicces.s/ul, 

 and exi'.ept lor the purposes of ex|)iMim('.ni, i 

 should be content to us« n herealieron most crops, 

 as 1 have done ihis season. 



Desiccated niarnires have long been appreci- 

 ated in Europe. 'I'liere, one Urn ol" tiieni have 

 been estimated to be ecjual in fortiliziiiir properties 

 to thirty-six tons of barn-yard manure. At this 

 rate, there is a large balance on the score ol econ- 

 omy in tavor of the Ibrmer: and when it is re- 

 memheied that the manures, as i)repared by your 

 company, are wholly inodorous, and may be con- 

 veyed in barrels to the most remote parts of" ihe 

 country as commodiously as flour, and at a iriflnig 

 ex[)ense, our agriculturalists should be moved liy 

 every consideration c(ainecled with cleanliness, 

 rural economy, the |)roductiveness ol' the soil, and 

 the right use of the means which providence- 

 places belbre them as incitements to industry, to 

 promote the use of substances, which, lel'i undis- 

 turbed, are worse tiian useless — scattering in our 

 hirge cities and towns disease and death, and 

 which, when submitted to your a/c/tt/my, spreads 

 health and verdure, and blesses and rewards both 

 citizen and husbandman. 



I shall be pleased to receive your " improved in- 

 structions" tor using the manures, of which you 

 spealt, and to know at how early a day this fall I 

 may order a lew barrels* for luiure experiments. 

 Very respectfully, yours, &c. 



A. I J. Linn. 



The following is a copy of Ihe improved instruc- 

 tions alluded to in the Ibregoing : 



Manures. 



The attention of the public has recently been 

 directed to the use of urate and pondrette. It 

 has I'^ng been known in France as the most effi- 

 cacious of all manures, and the experiments made 

 (luring the past and the present year, viz : 1838 

 and 18.39, in the use of [toudreite in the north- 

 ern anil eastern slates, but more especially in 

 and around the city of New York, liave awaken- 

 ed the attention of both farmers and gardeners. 

 The Royal Academy of Agriculture in Enijland, 

 have cause<l experiments to be made of the res- 

 pective power ol the dirt'erent manures, and upon 

 trials so maile, it appears beyond a doubt that ma- 

 nure made from sinks and privies, is superior to 

 any other productive agent lor agricultural purpo- 

 ses. Is It necessary to add, that it is worse than 

 labor lost, to cultivate worn out or poor soils with- 

 out the use of manure ? He who expects to be 

 liberally rewarded lor his labor must give liberally 

 what nature requires. The wise man has said, 

 "he that wateretli shall be watereil also liim- 

 eelf." 



jhncnded Directions. 



Directinns tor their use were iriven by Peter 

 Barihi 'einy, (who was one of the first discoverers 

 in France of the present system of prepariiiixthe ar- 

 ticles,) liow aod in wlut rnuiner thev should be 

 a|)plie(l, and wlio recently imroduced then- manu- 



* The oornpany hav^ Seve.-al thoasarid b'ishel> for 

 saie at the pr<H(-nt fitne. 



fJicture in the city of New York. Many of the 

 t)ersons who have used the articles, have found, 

 from practical experiments, that the former direc- 

 tions may be amended advantageously, and it is 

 doubtless the case that many new methods may 

 be discovered, which it is hoped will be communi- 

 cated lor public benefit. 



Urate is the product of the liquid part, and pou- 

 drette of the subsiantiat pan ol' the sinks or pri- 

 vies, both of them reiluced, by a difierenl process, 

 to a dry and inodorus substance, and used as the 

 best of all manures known to agriculturalists and 

 horticulturalisis, being an animal manure of tlie 

 richest and purest kind, and the most powerlLil of 

 any application thut can be made to the earth. 



Urate. — The urate may be used in its dry state 

 by spreading it on the land as j'oii would lime or 

 ashes, or, alter having been dissolved in water, 

 may be used ihroutrh a watering pot, or by a cask 

 on carl wheels, in the same manner as the streets 

 in the city of New York are watered in summer. 



For all kinds of small grains, such as wheat, 

 rye, oats, barley, flax, and others of the like kind, 

 it may be sowed dry upon the soil, in the propor- 

 tion of 12 to 18 bushels per acre, according to the 

 quality of the land, and then harrowed in. 



For corn and potatoes, and such like, it is best 

 to mix the urate in an equal quantity of dry soil, 

 and put in the hill about a gill or handful, sprinkled 

 around the seed corn and potatoes as is usually 

 done with ashes. 



For beet?, turnips, or other vegetables sowed or 

 planted in drill, the urate is to be prepared in like 

 nntniier and sowed in the drill. 



For grape vines, fruit trees, flowering trees, flow- 

 ers, tileo lor garden vegetables, such as cauliflower, 

 cabbaire, melons, cucumbers and the like, urate 

 may be dissolved in water, in the proportion ol one 

 pound to a uallon of water, and poured on the sub- 

 ject ; one iipplication is sufficient; and for articles 

 not herein enumerated, it may be sowed dry on the 

 surface of the ground. 



Where the land retains water during the winter, 

 urate must be used only in the spring, in order 

 that its salts may not be absorbed in too large a 

 quantity of water. 



Where the land is dry or does not retain water 

 during the winter, urate may be used in the au- 

 tumn — if, however, the sowing takes place shortly 

 belbre the hard frosts, it is better to use urate only 

 in the beginning of spring. 



As a general rule, more urate is required upon 

 the same quantity and quality of land tn autumn 

 than in the spring; if used in the spring, it is bet- 

 ter to apply the urate in a damp day, or immedi- 

 ately after a heavy rain, if it cannot be applied 

 shortly before the rain, as it is a light substance, 

 liable to be blown from ofl'the land by high vvind.s. 



There is a great advantage in soaking corn, oats, 

 and all other grain, for twelve hours only, in a solu- 

 tion of urate, prepared as above directed, before 

 planting or sowing it, and then rolled in lime or 

 plaster, the corn or grain will start eooner, bft 

 stronger, and less liable to attack by worms or 

 birds: but care shoald be taken not to suffer it to 

 remain longer than about twelve hours in the so- 

 lution, else you might destroy the germinating 

 quality of the grain. It has also been found ben- 

 eficial to soak timothy and clover seed in urate or 

 poudreite for about four to si.x hours, and then 

 rolled in lime or plaster, the Beed comes up better 



