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be emptied before it can have undergone any ■ vegetalive power of ilie gross, or, und. r any 



/ermenimivc process. The nrine in sucli case is 

 perfectly raw, but ii is so much diluted by liie ex- 

 cess of water as to coiioleract any injurious 

 eflects upon the crop to which it is iipplied. Al- 

 though there can he no doubt that, in its lerrncn- 

 lative sale, liie li(|Uor is much more concentrated 

 nnd powerlui in its effecis, still, as urine contains 

 food lur plants in a slate oT solution, and, when 

 eufficienily diluied, is of great service, from my 

 own experience it seems lo be necessary to apply 

 it in mucii g-'eaier quantities when unlcrmcn'ed 

 to produce llie same efitjcls upon the crop. 



Unfortunately from its position the refiorier is 

 unable to colled the urine of the hordes; this is 

 a great disadvantage, as the ammonia whicli ihe 

 urme of horses contains would tend very mate- 

 rially to excite fermentation m the mass, wiiich, as 

 it is, contains too much of the excrements of 

 colder animals readily lo ferment.* 



The liquid in summtr is somewhat diHercnl in 

 its character li'om that made in winter ; w depends 

 entirely upon the drainage from the Ibld-yard, the 

 wafcliings, It may be called, of manure gone 

 through the first stage of lermenlation ; but the 

 heiiiht of the temperaiure induces lernientation 

 rapidly; it becomcsspeeiidy puiresceni ; the black 

 residuum is even more liberally deposited than in 

 winter, as well as a green vegetablt: rnucus sus- 

 pended in the body ol the tank. 



At ilie commencement of the application of the 

 liquid manure, the writer was anxious not to ex- 

 pend a large sum on the iniruments lor removing 

 the liquor, aileasl until he was eaiiffied of iis 

 practical utility 'n increasing productiveness. His 

 meiiiod of removing it was indeed a primitive 

 one, and one which required a great deal ol time, 

 and caused some inconvenience.. The liquid was 

 baled out of the tank by pails, \o which cords 

 were attached, and conveyed lo the field in two 

 large tubs in a cart, and again baled Irom iliese 

 and spread upon Ihe land. So satisfied is he now, 

 however, as to the value of the plan, that he has 

 had a Wiiter-cart constructed, on a very simple 

 and inexpensive plan, viz., a large pipe (ixcd on a 

 pair of low wheels and axleiree, lo which a pair 

 of shafts are attached. A large Tiole is made in 

 the lop of ihe cart lo pour in il;e liquid, anoiher 

 at the end, which is closed with a plug ; to this a 

 perlorated oblong box may be attached, which 

 spreads the liquid as the horse proceeds, and 

 removes any unpleasant effects lo which the 

 former rather primitive plan is necessarily liable. 

 A wooden pump with a leathern tube attached 

 might be added lo raise the liquid /rom the tank 

 into the water-cart. 



The writer has used the liquid manure, hitherto, 

 invariably in dressing grass land, and Irom No- 

 vember till April. Since the last-named period 

 the liquid has been poured upon a compost- heap 

 consisiing of quitch roots, and some very imper- 

 fectly made manure, which plan he prelers to the 

 burning of the quitch. A fine rich con)post is 

 made, which he intends also to lay upon the grass 

 land. He was deterred Irom applying the liquid 

 0! mure 10 llie grass in the summer season, Irom 

 the idea that it might, in hot weather, destroy the 



* The addition of so much as could be collected 

 oF the human urine and excrements of the farm would 

 be still more valuable. — Ed. F. R. 



circumstances, render it so unpalatable lo the stock 

 as to prt'venl iheir eaiing n. 



In detaiiiiig the results ol is application, the 

 wriier conceives he cmnoi ilo ii nioic simply llian 

 tiy Elating the lads of the experimcii's lie has 

 Inmscll conducied. Almost luiinedMiely alter 

 ihe lank was made a very heavy ili.iiider-stoim, 

 preceding a long succession ol heavy rums, oc- 

 curred ; the coiis quence was, thai having then 

 very liiile siock in the houses, and liiile manure 

 ill the lb!d yaid, the lank was shoiily lull of c'o- 

 lored water, — of rain-water very eliginly impreg- 

 nated with decomposed or excrenieutilious mat- 

 ter. The lank was necessarily at once emplied, 

 and ils conten's poured on a [msiure growing very 

 indillerent herbage ; the soil sandy, with a slight 

 mixture ol uudecomposed vegetable matter ; sub- 

 soil a sharp yellow and gray sand, iinpiegnated 

 with oxide ol iron. Ujj io ihe present time 

 (Sept. 11, lb4U,) I can perceive no oillerence be- 

 ivvecn the part of the lidd where the liquid ma- 

 nure was poured and the part wiiboul any appli- 

 cation. 'I'his exfieriment was made al)Out the 

 first of November; the quantity laid on was 

 about 800 to 1200 gallons per acre. The same 

 quantity, as nearly as can be estimated, was ap- 

 plied in every experiment made. 



The second experiment was also tried on a 

 pasture, soil sandy, subsoil sandy gravel, and per- 

 lectly dry ihcugh undraiued. Two-thirds ol the 

 fielil were manured wiih rotien cliali, mixed wiili 

 horse-litter, and well rotted, in the uontli o; Fe- 

 bruary. The remaining third was watered vviih 

 ihe lank liquor, now coneisiing of ihe drainage 

 from the wliule of tlie siock as stated above in 

 the monihs of December and January. The 

 spring ap|)earance of ihe grass was aliogelher in 

 Idvor of the part manured with the liquid ma- 

 nure, boih in the deepness of ils green, in its 

 lallness, and in its thickness upon ihe ground. 

 The field was depastured wiili nnlch-cows. and as 

 soon as they were turned upon it, they eat up the 

 grass where the liquid had been applied long 

 belore the other was comparatively touched, and 

 have maintained a decided prelerence lo it up to 

 the present lime ; ii is close and even as a lawn, 

 while in some parts of the field the grass is quite 

 neglected. From this the writer inlers, ihal some 

 principle has been supplied to the grasses on this 

 [)iece much more favorable lo the developement of 

 iheir characteristic qualities iliaii on the remain- 

 der of the field, animals always choosing such 

 plants as are in the greatest perlection : be has 

 110 doubi, that, had ihe whole ol tlir grass been 

 cut, a most decided superioriiy would have been 

 manilesled on ihe piece watered wiih the tank- 

 liquor. 



The next experiment was made on a meadow. 

 The liquid was applied in February ; it had fer- 

 mented, and black residuum had formed very 

 liberally. Pan of Ihe field was manured with a 

 rich mixture of aslus and night soil ; the remain- 

 der no manure whatever ; soil, a co'd gray sand ; 

 subsoil, adhesive silt, rather spungy, and not 

 efficiently drained. The precise spoi where the 

 liquid manure had been applied could be inaiked 

 to a yard up lo the lime of mowing, arwi ihe grass 

 was equally good with that manured wiih the 

 ashes and night-soil. Indee<l it had so overgrown, 

 that ihe bog was spoiled by over-luxuriance. 



