Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-12-01
ny. Tribune.
MAKING THE MOST OF MANURE.
nv col ~ CURTIS.

A hogs are generally cared ioF vtfy
little manure l. made ny them. And The
utilc 4, geusrally thrown out on the ground
where 10 l. washed away OF len uutll u l.
wasted. There are tw0 proper wsys Ia
handle The manure msic Ia the pens. IL
should either be mlxci with bedding 50
freely, with muck or sOne other absorb
cut. thA, none of IL may be wasted OF else
u should bc taken out " the pen ard pat
toto The compost heap OF spread Al oucc
upon the ground where 10 l. 10 be- used
There i 80 littlc of 10 when the MANURE 10
tho pms l. limited 10 the cxcr,meni that
many farmefs thluk 10 % no Consequence
and 80 make no special ,fJrt 10 preserve
H. There IL great loss cvery year on
this account Of The most valaablc fcrtilif.
ing material Tue etcfcmcnt from hogs
whllc bslug faitcned on grain Il worth
more pOund iof pOuni than any supcrphos'
phais. II has the advantage % greater
psrm,nency. besides b,lng equally a. good
ln Immediate ~ Ct
Farmer. forget these fats. and fail back
on Commercial Fertilizers. Tor which they
Day hlgher price than the hog manure
can possibly cost them. We have our
hog manarc In The fattenlng pens wheeled
mauur. Pile, ant In this Say none of u II
lo.i. elthsr by washing or cvaPoratlon, A.
u /. coveted over by The msuurc from The
horse and Gov stable. 10 which there ..
more or less Litter which acts ~ an al.
sorDcnt.
The mosi satisfactory way % feed hogs
Il In TIE hcli until The grOani becomes
too wet OF tue weather too severe. When
TAI. i done both The sxefement ani ths
urine are deposited on ani 10 ihe ground
shsrc they are wanted. Toe loss ~ evAp'
orsiion uuier this system l. Too small u
mention. a. there l. no AcNvc icfments
uon on Accoant OF The small amount In
any one place. There l., however, prOmpi
Absorption AMI a retention of the consutl-
eats u he manure aui The urine f'r plant
food for years
nisagooi rule. which " always FOL
los n possible. - gei any Kind of manure
upon AMI into The ground a. soon a. ],
can bc done The systsm OF pihng up
manure In The baruyArd AMI handbag u
over Is always attended With . great deal
Of loss both by evaporation ani washing
a. well A. Involving = great deal OF useless
labor. some farmers have a notion that
manure must be well foiied" before u Is
pat UPON the land. THIS Il Dot necessary.
Tbs process ~ roiilng which carries with
"a necessarily lArsgc amount of cvaPorA
lion should b. carried on In the soiL
When sprsai upon the surface aud bar
rowed Ia the evaporation Is slow. and j.
carried down ~ the dews and rains, A.
well a. absorbed by them, and also taken
up by The grow ng plants. This cannot be
thc case Ia the bAfnysfi.
A eonsldcrahle portion % The mtnufe
which We applied % our wheat last al
tamn. and which gave rcmafkaolc results,
sas 80 coarse AMI unrOtted that portions
4 The deli xhsrc 10 wAs depDsitsd had 10
BE- gone over by q man vita fgugtofk
api The banches made by haTrOslng spread
around. The snow pressed Il down 20 the
earth ana made q capital scci.ocd Tor Tue
sras. secd. where Il not only furnished
| the rsqal.lte plant food, bat also retained
N. moi.turc ani kept the soil hghi ani
frianlc for the delicstc roots - Prne'
trate.
TIE immediate eject Of manure appliei
In a green state may not b. 80 ActiSc aud
Visible, but II certainly Is more lasting
aui economical. For these reasons "a,
BARNARD should be cleaned out 10 spring,
Ani a. often A. the manure accumnlates
/ TIE coOfs OF al pigpcns should Dc mais
% matched plank 30 tha, they may Dc va
tsr.rght. The ialces can bc saved in tn,
way aud they should be conducted - a
pile Of ab.OrDcnt-, OF they should De taken
| ap by a3sOrDcnts OF some kiui pat inio
Toe peas. IL IL not healthy for hogs OF
sny klnd OF animals, 20 he confined over
mass % manure.