Relative Value of tile different Manures. 
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There is no difficulty under ordinary circum¬ 
stances, in getting good crops from good lana1, 
and we shall feel it particularly incumbent on 
us therefore, to provide our readers most libe¬ 
rally with all information relative to manures. 
The following articles have been recently 
analysed by Boussingault and Payen, with ref¬ 
erence to their fertilizing principles as manures ; 
and the figures below indicate the number of 
pounds respectively, which in their ordinary 
or moist state contain the equivalent of nitrogen 
to be found in 1000 lbs of farm yard manure. 
lbs. 
Woollen rags 22 
1 Codfish (damaged, washed and pressed) 23 
Feathers 26 
Blood, dry, (insoluble) 26 
Horn raspings 27 
Cow hair 29 
Muscular flesh 30 
Blood, dry, (soluble) 32 
Graves 33 
Pigeon dung 48 
2 Bones boiled 57 
Do. fat, (exposed to air) 64 
Do. moist 75 
Linseed cake 76 
Rape cake 81 
3 Belloni’s poudrette 103 
4 Grains of white lupin 114 
5 Cockchafers 127 
Blood liquid 140 
Urine of the horse 153 
Pea straw 223 
Buried root of clover 248 
Soot from coal 296 
•Wheat straw, being 1-8 from the upper end 
including the threshed-out ear 300 
Animalized charcoal, (recently prepared 
with night-soil) 322 
Soot from wood 347 
Wheat chaff, and carrot tops, each 470 
Dung hill drainings 677 
Potatoe haulm, and horse dung, each 727 
Saw dust, oak 740 
Tops of green beet root 800 
Saint foin straw 833 
Urine of the cow 909 
Farm yard manure 1000 
Cow dung and oyster shells, each 1250 
Oat straw 1428 
Saw dust, Acacia 1559 
Wheat straw 1660 
Barley do 1739 
1 Frequent in Roman Catholic countries. 
2 It will be seen that “ boiled ” give more nitrogen 
than “ moist ” or “ fat bones.” This refers to equal 
weights. With equal measure the result would pro¬ 
bably be the reverse. 
3 Poudrette is slowly dried and old night soil. 
4 These are absolutely grown for manure on the 
Tuscan Appenines, whence more bulky crops are not 
easily transported. Gathered when nearly ripe, their 
seeds contain nearly all the azotized principle of the 
plant. They are boiled or baked to destroy vege¬ 
tation. 
5 In the south, where these flies abound, they are 
collected to prevent the damage done to crops by the 
grub, in such quantities as to render them available 
for manure. 
lbs. 
Saw dust, fir 2119 
Rye straw 2352 
It must not be supposed that this list indicates, un¬ 
der all circumstances, the value of these manures, 
even with reference alone to their nitrogen. It is 
only the analysis of each in certain states, and those 
states vary materially. Still it affords a good general 
criterion of comparative value, and may now and ' 
then be of some use to the farmer under certain cir¬ 
cumstances. When his own farm yard dung is defi- * 
cient, he may be able to make up from other sources : 
within his reach, some substances which, properly 
managed, will afford a good substitute for the ordina¬ 
ry supply of the farm. 
have noticed in late Nos. of the 
Philadelphia Cabinet, that there are some large 
fowls and large white hogs in Pennsylvania. 
We should be very happy to have a history of 
all there, and be informed also of the address of 
the owners, so that in a jaunt we propose taking 
through the state, we may be able to call and 
look at them. Nothing will gratify us more 
than to be the organ of communication in di¬ 
recting public attention to improved animals of 
all kinds , and we shall esteem them the better for 
being bred in our own country. All we ask is 
the tiling, and be certain it is what it purports to be. 
We wish to purchase for some friends, 
100 good Merino ewes, 2 years old, of the lar¬ 
gest and finest forms, together with 3 superior 
bucks—also a few Saxons—also 100 grade 
South Down ewes from 3-4 up to 31-32, (we 
prefer the highest cross,) to be delivered in the 
month of September. 
We wish also a few very choice grade Short 
Horn cows, for family use, that are first rate 
milkers. Also 3 Ayrshires and some of their 
crosses approved good milkers. 
Address the editors of this paper, in all cases 
post-paid , with prices for cash on delivery. 
Mode of increasing the Potatoe crop. 
An English writer says by carefully removing 
the buds as they appear on the potatoe vines, 
the crop of large ones is very much augmented. 
The theory is plausible, and worthy a fair trial. 
Soak your Seed Corn in Saltpetre.— 
It destroys the worm, is not relished by crows 
or squirrels, and yields much more abundantly 
than when planted without. 
Peach Worm. -L. Physic, of Philadel¬ 
phia, says a mixture of 1 oz. saltpetre, and 7 
oz. salt, applied on the surface of the ground, in 
contact and around the trunk of a peach tree, 7 
years old and upwards, will destroy the worm, 
prevent the yellows , and add much to the pro¬ 
duct and quality of the fruit. He also sows the 
orchard with the same mixture, at the rate of 
two bushels to the acre.— Phil. Eve. Post. 
