Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-07-03
Management Of Manure.

TIN test of good farming ia in hav;ne
clean BARNARD ut least once venr
The better practice is to clean over,
particle of manure in the ,nrino ans
again in the fall, and apply Il 70 tho
crops. Manure is equivalent to money
and on land where n cron il orow;no I,
is paving good returns for sis invest.
ment. Il Is true. manure No made In
the BARNARD il not in tho host cond;.
ton for Immediate Use. but excent T.,
prevent the spread of weed seeds It il
better on the land or in II Than in The
harvard n nox;ons wnod- soads
abonnd in tho manure n ,bornua,, Far
mentation il needed n destroy them
Ord;nar;lv bowevcr Leon;n.. Tho NM
nnrc in n;les , few d.ys Will s,or. woaJ
seeds SO that s;mnlv moving The ma
pure will destroy them. This will also
make The manure much more soluble
and effective. and fullv renay the addi.
tional ex,e,;se' P;liny mn manure in
the bnrnv.rd ,.fora nar,;nr nmt now. in
the econ1mv II m,kas in l6,Jing 4 m
w,oons II nut i, h,.ns t,s;oa os
n,,1v loads can ho not o,,t no.. d. ,han
If if il scattcred az sra.nd tho vor3. nnd
this. in n time when men and teams ara
hurried to do the snrino nlowino 10 an
item of moment. Resides this. farmers
will clean tbe b,rnvards much more
perfectly where the manure has been
first piled ND. They cannot afford to
keen n team WAITING while the lad for
the WAGON is being s,rannd unu;tb the
hoe. Hence the scran;nrs which or.
always the richest mart ~ tho manure
heap. are left and invariably wasted
Something dcncnds mon tho cb,r.c-
ter of monnre in dec;Ting how and
where tn nae If The very co.rSast
should be used first "a a mulch srread
over tho surface "f tho nro,nJ 70 ho
plowed for corn and turned under in
April or NAV. The spring rains and
melting SHOWS will carry down amono
the grass roots the soluble elements II
fertility. and before the nlow ran he cot
in the field the unsnringino grass will
show the GOOD effect of the ton-drcss.
inc Then turning tho whole nnd..r
not dcenlv the manure and tho gr,ss
roots Will ferment toootber and socb
win holm tb. other ol,v,,,. +rv m
have q rr,sS nv oinUor as " nronsro
ton for planted crops. Such land will
weld cron even without manure. bnt
as rnlc If NAYS better to manrre nret'
ty GOOD land for an extr, cron than tn
haul manure m ~ verv nor land IN
brine it nm to the ,versce poHTT bn Iara 70
crop is REASONABLY sure to show y
profit. The AVERAGE or moor cron is
always grown at a loss lno,y tic
quite common to banl manure m an
stnbble for n,ant;na. hn, th.
practice is not to he commended II
land is hare If does not want n hood
crop. but some kind Of Grain with
which If can he seeded oSa;n nc nuictlv
as possible. If manure is divert.d to
such land tn keen If ionaer nnder tho
blow. other horizons Of the farm ara
robbed and correspondinoIv imnover.
ished. heard once Of = farmer who
boasted that one field had been in corn
more than twenty years He had drawn
20 that field nearly ali the manure
made on the farm Ito fertility has
Dcen maintained. bnt Il wac had farm.
inc, nevertheless. In estimatin, snc-
cess or failure, the farm must he taken
as a whole.
The coarse manures should generally
,e applied to the heavy clays especially
f vegetable matter is lackino Their
in the soil disintegrates #
md promotes fertility TTsuallv CLAW