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TUB AHATOB. s From the Northern Cultivator. . VALUE OF STABLE MANUKE. Oa you inform me bow many tons of the bcsl stable manure, from grain fed hcrta, is equal to one ton of best Peruvian guano? It js probable this, or a similar 'question, may have, been frequently iin "swcrccT, bnt I nm unable to find it in any of your .valuable productions. ' ' ' Roacii? Watsox. , '"St. Stephen, X. B. 4 '- (The value of the stable manure depends on the composition of the fowl consumed by the animal, ami how much of the liquid excrements is t ctaincd, and ou the quantity of litter used, besides other cir cumstances too numerous to mention. It is, thereforedifficult to get at the average vul uc of stable manure as compared with Peruvian guano. The, value of stAblc manure as compared, with it Self, is in proportion to the ammonia it contains, for the more ammonia it has, the more phosphoric arid and other valuable mineral substance's docs it con tain. Some will question the truth of this state ment, but it is nevertheless true as a general rule. As compared with Peruvian guano, the chemically fertilizing value of stable manure may also be esti mated by 'the ammonia it contains nearly if not quite as much phosphoric acid in proportion to the ammonia as the best stable manure, and the araili bili If of the elements of the guano, is in our opinion n full offset to tho other mineral matter of the'sta blc manure. . A ton of farm yard dung' according to Rous Bingault, contains nitrogen nearly equal to 10 lbs. of ammonia ; that from nn " inn yard" 10.2 lbs. of ammonia. More recently from several analyses, Lawcs & Gilbert found a " ton of rich box mature" to contain 5J. cwt. of dry substance arid nitrogen, 'equal to 20 lbs. of ammonia, while another sample,'' composed principally of rotted straw, contoincd-nl-trogen, equal to ouly 5 lbs. of artmouia. A ton of liquid and solid excrements, free straw and other adventitious matter, from a horse fed with oats and nay, Bou3sirigault found to contain nitrogen "equal to 13 lbs. of ammonia, and 78 lbs.- of mineral matter.' ' ' ,v . '. . " From thc3C data, which are pjfcctly reliable, our correspondent can draw his own conclusions. A good Peruvian guano contains 16 per cent, of aru ' znonia, or a ton would contain 320 lbs. If nil the liquid excrements are saved from your " grain fed horses' and little litter, is used, and the manure heap has not been reduced by fermentation ; in other words, if your stablo manure is fresh, it probably contains afiout as much ammonia as that. unaided by Bons3ingault 13 lbs. per ton. The Jigurcs, .then, lead us fo the conclusion that 23 J tons of fresh' stable txanureffrom grain fed horses t is equal to cne ton be$t Peruvian .guano. By judicftfas fermentation, a considerable quantity of carbonic acid and WAtcr may be driven off, and the residue be left with a larger proportion of ammonia, in which case o-fewer number of tous would be required to equal a ton of 'guano. -: ' r'u-'' v- 'J;;.' ' ' " - ' THE, 'FARMER'S FUTURE ' Ax English correspondent of "the Xew York Tri bune, expatiates on the prospective introduction of 9team power as an aid in agricultural operations, as follows The farmer's future will be found in the application of tiain io the tuliM soil! 'c arc rapidly coming tc the conclusion hero that the good old plow is a humbug. We begin to think that sfiade husbandry applied by steam is the right tjiingr indeed, there nre some among us' of the opinion that it machine may be invented which should, in effect, plough, sow, harrow, and roll altogether a maxhine, in factpwhich should make a seed-bed and sow the seed all at one operation. There hasf already "been ojie steam-engin3 exhibited in this country which will walk anywhere, and- do nnytRing it is required to do. It has feet about the size of yours Sir, and it puts them down upon the ground,-one after the other, very much in-the fashion of a dandy goinjfup Jiroadwnyj onry the feet of the machinenre llxed oh wheels, and devolve regularly, instead of moving up and down awkw'ardly, like his.' This machincVill go through a ploughed field very comfortably, and rather quicker than a go'od hunter will get over it ; and a3 it will. drug a dozen plows after it, I do not see for my part,. why it shoultl not be wade to car ryy as part and parcel of -itself, a mechanism that will readily convert tfie uutilled ground into tv seed bed. Well, then a? to drainage. I saw a machine the other day that would dig, drain, and lay down sixteen and a half feet of piping per minute, tho pipes being rathcDmore nfgwlarly and satisfactorily laid than any skilled workman can toy. them. The machine labored under the disadvantage of being cumbrous, and; of being. made to be worked by a stationary engine. ButJiaviiig got thus far, it seems to be only one step further to give usstcaiii applica tion to the soil so a3 to enable twenty, times the quantity of land to bo put under cultivation by tho same amount of labor, and at no greater coM tJian now. Then we may hope fpr a produce of cheap cprnthe great desideratum in this land of sweat and toil, where it depends upon a shilling or two more or less, in the price of food, not only vhetlrcr a man (fan reap tip advantages of his laborybut ab solutehv too often, wli ether he can continue totxitt.
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