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The Right Kind of il Cow stable.

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Thc Right Kind of il Cow stable.
"a. W. Cheevrr in New England Fdrmer.l
There is no land so level that we would
build barn upon il without cellar I'M
derneath, as receptacle for manure. 4
pile of manure under Il stable is not nee
essanly any more dangerous to the quail
ty Of the milk or butter made from the
cows kept above it, than is pile of man
ure in stable or Mt the side of one.
Every stable must have more or less
manure in it some of the time, until cows
are differently trained from any we have
yet known.
The plan of a stable for cows will de-
| pend much upon the surroundings, the
facilities for keeping 1t sweet and clean,
the tastes of the builder and the patrons
whom one serves. If clean, dry sand is
abundant, and near at hand, so that it
can be freely used for bedding, Il stable
may be built with II cellar underneath for
manure with perfect safety, provided the
sand is used as freely as it should be, and
profitably may be- and also provided the
cellar is sufficiently well ventilated in
warm weather In winter. when the tenn
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point, there will be very little dan gerOus
gas arise from the manure, particularly il
the manure is well tramped down by
swine or other animals. In summer, Il
basement cellar should be open rs practi-
BILE, to give free circulation, but the
sand or other bedding should be used as
freely rs in winter for absorbing all the
liquid manure, and to keep the air and
of t.l l,l 4
pure. Dry suwdust, or shavings, where
these can be obtained, are next i'll value
to sand for keeping stable sweet, and
are even better for the cows to lie on, as
they are softer and warmer,
We want to see stable so clean Mt all
times that one can safely walk across ii
with slippers that are worn in the house,
and such may be the condition in any
stable where the floors are properly con
structed, and where sand or sawdust are
freely used We have made butter fol
ten years, that retailed at eighty-fve cent:
per pound, and from COWS that stood in (
stable with basement for manure I'M
derneath, and it will not be easy to max,
us believe that either coed butter, or th,
best butter, can only be made by som,
one method. We are strongly III favor o
properly constructed and properly KEEP
barn cellars. They make IL handy storaG,
for manure the stable is warmer in win
ter and cooler in summer the manure il
convenient to get ut for hauling out at an,
time in the year, and it is in condition t.
t be completely preserved.
The FertiIizing Value of Ground Phos
) phatc Rock.
From the New England Homesteadl
In general, it is the result of experienc
that phosphate rock, like that of Sout
Carolina, when ground but moderated
fine AMI applied IN quantities of 200 T
! 800 pounds per acre, produces little or II
! Immediately noticeable effect Whe
; very finely ground, as i'll SO calle
Floats, or when applied in very larg
= quantities, especially on lands containin
abundance of decayiug vegetable matter
: or used in conjunction with green crops
, turned under or left to decay ON the sur
face, the phosphate rock frequently give
= strkingly good reoults,
: On land in good condition it would, II
doubt, in many cases be more economics
to use per acre 1000 lbs of ground Sout
Carolina rock, containing some 30 lbs {
r insoluble phosphoric acid, than to appl
Q 400 lbs of plain superphosphate contain
. ing 60 lbs of soluble phosphoric acid
= both to he had for about the same money
t Soluble phosphoric acid Soluble IN Wa
ter) acts more rapidly than any othe
form of the acid. Where this kind c
plant food is very deficient, a small appli
cation often has II surprising effect. 1t j
especially active ondry, light land. Larg
. doses are often detrimental on moist
mucky land.
Reverted phosphoric acid is slower t
act than the soluble, ON dry soils, but i
land full of humus in equals OF surpasse
the soluble.
On the whole, soluble and reverte
phosphoric acid appear to beabout equal
ly valuable, to judge from the results G
many late trials in the field and plant
house made for the purpose Of decidin
this question. Soluble phosphonc acid
when applied to the soil, gradually ''rC
verts." The rate of reversion depend
4, upon the moisture or wetness of the sol
T. as well as ON its chemical nature. Plant
can feed well ON both forms OF phosphori
acid. They doubtless may take up tn
soluble more easily or rapidly than til