The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-06-30

The value Of water j. not fully ap-
preciated upon the farm till there j. q
drought. Lands where. from climatic
influences. the clouds rarely give out
moisture which reaches the earth. are
worthless for crop growing or stock
raising. TO make lands. located in
such region. 81 any value. il i neceS-
sarf 10 sink deep wells. or otherwise %
irrigaie. To live for season 81 TWO
upon land 80 situated. j. 10 BE- led 10 ap-
preciate fully the value Of sush natural
water supply upon the farm a. was
described in the journal during the
past winter. so far a. The aid required
81 water in crop growing i concerned.
filthy water j. popularity supposed 70 be
more valuable than pure spring water.
This belief holds good with water
that has filtered through the barn-Yard
AT any rate. through the average barn
ward for this COO oftcn contains q
deposit Of riches. which the land round
about i suffering for need Of II the
scepines from this store during each
shower. can get ID the crop Of grass or
grain near by. il will give good ac-
count Of itself. and Will pay some
portion Of the interest which
the accumulation in the barn-yard
should Yield But the filthy water
which comes from ebay gully will
scarcely add value 10 the soil over which
il may low except By performing the
same service that pure spring water can
do A. well. viz. through IL power to
dissolve in the soil the ingredients
which make crops grow.
Water i an excellent friend TO the
shiftless farmer who l. negligent in the
matter 81 hauling ami distributing his
manure where needed That il Is 4
friend. there can b. no question. pro-
yidcd he has built hi- stable and stable
yards upon knoll, from which drain
age can 20 IN every direction where
needed u reach the field and grass
lands The water carries Of the nitro
gene rs elements. the potash. soda and
phosphate salts. items Of small mo
ment. 50 far As the bulk Of the manure
pile i concerned. A. the proprietor Of
the barn-yard would not at the end Of
the year perceive that anything was
missing from the pile. However. # the
drainage led straight out upon his
meadow, he would realize the value Of
these. and find that he could cut four
tons Of meadow hay where. but for the
silent abstraction from the manure pile,
he would not have cut more than half
the amount.
In hauling manure which has not
parted with any of It's water. upon q
distant field, Il Is hardly realized that in
each load Of ton pitched on the wag-
on. hauled. and again pitched OIL. there
il fifteen hundrcd-weight Of water.
Therefore il would not be surprising II
4 the farmer who moves his stable 10
save the labor Of hauling away the ma
nurc pile should, under the knowledge
Of the above fact, be quite ready TO de-
fend himself IN his practice. Yet the
4 pile Of stable manure, containing, a. Il
does, 90 large an amount Of water. val
uclcss IN that position because soor
cvaporatcd when spread upon the sur
face, nevertheless contains salts d
higher value 70 growing crops than any
other known fertilizer whatever. IL 4
believed that the passage o. cxcremcn'
through tho bodies Of animals, bcc0m
ing mixed Is il does with mucous and
other sccrctions. n rendered 81 more
value - food for plants than any prep
aration 81 artificial manure. Even "a
pcrphosphntc contains onc-sixth of Id
weight n the form of water. Hence
n buying ton Of this q given prict
Say e60-4lO Il paid for the waite,
contained n it.--Nationol Lie Stool
Journal.