44 Orange County Manures. [Jan., 



duce of the dairy, it will be easily perceived that there is proba- 

 bility very strong, that these very substances have been exhausted 

 from the soil, and that by a free use of marl in connection with 

 other manures, vast improvements may be made in the peculiar 

 produce of the county. Marl is a great fertilizer, and there is a 

 great abundance in Orange county. 



We have thus examined, very hastily, the three most important 

 sources of manure for the farmer in this county', viz: the farm- 

 yard, the peat-swamp, and the marl-bed. In these he has inex- 

 haustible sources of fertility to his farm. He need not resort to 

 any foreign sources — he does not want guano, nor any of the pa- 

 tent manures — he has all at hand that is required to give bound- 

 less productiveness to his soil. We might have mentioned other 

 manures, such as ashes of wood, and coal ashes — a capital thing 

 for grass — of gypsum, but it may be entirely dispensed with where 

 marl is used — and of poudrette, but the farmer does not need to 

 buy it. But we have confined ourselves to the locality for which 

 we write, and have shown that we need not stir from home for 

 manure. If we have done any thing to open the eyes of the far- 

 mer to his own resources, we are abundantly satisfied. 



It only remains for us now to urge upon the fanners of Orange 

 county, what ought to be superfluous, viz: that the produce of the 

 soil is proportionate to the care bestowed in the tillage of it. " In 

 the sweat oi his brow," man must eat his bread, but God has pro- 

 vided means by which his labor may be diminished, and whilst he 

 is exposed to the influences of natural causes which oppose him, 

 he may grapple with them and compel nature to his OAvn will. 

 The earth must be tilled if it is expected to produce. Food must 

 be supplied to plants, if we expect them to grow. The whole 

 earth belongs to man, but it depends upon him whether it brings 

 forth enough for his support. And whilst he exhausts the soil by 

 cultivation, he must restore by means of manures what he has 

 taken away, and thus he may render the earth perpetually fruitful. 



