Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
SOME GOOD RULES.
eov the Most II TO Ne Msds % various
Kinda Of Manurss.

How the Most II 70 Ne Msds % various
Kinda Of hanurss.
As hogs are generally cared for very
little manure Is made by them. And
the little Ia generally thrown out on
ground, where II Is washed away or
left until It Is wasted. There are two
proper ways to handle the manure
made In the pens. It should either DO
mixed with bedding SO freely. with muck
or some other absorbent, that none Of
Il may DO wasted; or else It should DO
taken out Of the pen and put into the
compost heap or spread ut once upon
the ground where II Is TO be used.
There Is 20 little Of II when tho manure
in the pens Is limited to the excrement
that many farmers think 1t Of no conse-
1uencc. and make no special effort TO
preserve II. There Is q great loss
every year on this account Of the most
valuable fertilizing material. The OK.
orement from hogs while being fat
lened on grain Is worth more pound for
pound than any superphosphate. 1t has
the advantage Of greater permanency.
besides being equally as good In imme.
dia.e effect. Farmers forget these facts,
and fall back on commercial fertilizers,
for which they pay higher price than
the hog manure can possibly cost them.
We have our. hog manure In the fatten-
ing pens wheeled out and Deposited In
the center Of the big manure pile. and
In this way none Of II Is lost, either BY
washing or evaporation. as II Il cover.
cd over by the manure from the fOq
and COW stables In which there Is mt'ss
or less litter which acts as an abb
sorbent. The most satisfactory way 70
feed hogs Is In the field until tho
ground becomes too wet or the weather
too severe. When this Is done both
the excroment and the urine are'de-
posted on and In the g..und where
they are wanted. The loss By cvapora-
ton under this system Is too small to
mention. rs there Is no active fcrInen.
tation on account Of the small amount
In any one place. There is, however.
prompt absorption and retention OF
the constituents Of the manure and the
urine for plant food for years.
1t is a good rule. which We always
follow II possible, to get any kind OF
manure upon and into the ground AZ
soon rs It can be done. The system Of
piling up manure in the banyard and
handling 1t over Is always attended
with great deal Of loss both by eyap-
Grafton and washing, as well as involv.
Ing a great deal Of useless labor. Some
farmers have notion that manure
must be .well rottcd" before 1t is put
upon the land. This Is not necessary.
The process Of rotting which carries
with it necessarily d large amount OF
evaporation should be carried Oh In the
soil. When spread upon the surfso,
and narrowed in the evaporation Is
slow, and Is carried down by the dews
and rains. as well as absorbed by them.
and also taken mp by the growing
plants. This can not be the case In
the barnyard. A considerable por.
ton of the manure which We
applied to our wheat last autumn. and
which gave remarkable results, was so
coarse and unrottcd that portions OF
the field where 1t was deposited had To-
be gone ov,rty La. With = dtngI
fork and the lunches made by harrow.
ing spread around. The snow pressed
Il down to the earth aill made o CAPT.
tai sGedDcu Tor the grass seed, where 1t
not only furnished the requisite plant
food, but also retained the moisture
and kept the soil light and friable for
the delicate roots to penetrate. The
immediate effect Of inquire applied in
green state may not be so active and
visible, but It Is certainly more lasting
and economical. For these reasons the
barnyard should be- cleaned out in
spring aud a. often rs the manure 40.
cumulates. The floors Of oil plg.pens
should be made Of matched plank so
that they may be water.tight. The
juices can be saved In this way, and
they should be conducted to pile Of
absorben,s, or they should be taken up
by absorbents Of some kind put into
the pens. 1t Is not healthy for hogs
or any kind Of animals to be confined
over mass Of manure.-Coi. Curtis.
IN ~. y. Tribune.