Essays on the soiling of cattle by Quincy Josiah 1772-1864

Author:Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Cattle
Publisher: Boston, A. K. Loring
Published: 1862-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

all of which have been shown to be the consequences of this method,—may be considered as uicidental to the system, as an offset for the labor requisite; giving the manure made as a clear gain ; and, what is more, without the loss and trouble and expense of carting from a distance. It is not only made, but it is placed, just where it should be, — in the farmer's own stercorary, or covered manure-heap.

The rich farmer and the extensive landholder ought to avail himself of it, if he wants manure. If he have capital, he may stock his pasture-land up to its full pasture-power, and keep a number of head additional on the soiling system, according to the quantity of manure of which he stands in need. But the conduct of a farm, upon a great scale of this nature, depends upon so many circumstances, that the particular mode or extent of applying this system, as subsidiary to pasturing, cannot be prescribed by any general rule. Calculations must have reference to a knowledge of all the particular circumstances and relations of such a farm and such a capitalist farmer.

To farmers who possess only ten, fifteen, or twenty acres of land, this system is peculiarly applicable. Upon this they may build up a most prosperous agriculture, with little capital, little more than ordinary trouble, and little or no risk; relieved from debt, which is so frequently the farmer's ruin, under the idea of the necessity of purchasing more land; and relieved, also, from the pain and vexation of owning and superintending a vast surface, — everywhere less productive than it ought to be ; and, in a very great proportion, often not productive at all.

I have thus endeavored to give, according to the request of the Trustees, an account of the mode of my conducting

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