The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-11-12
MANURE DRAINS.
a System which. should BE Adopted BY
Every Progressive Farmer.

A System which. should Be Adopted By
Every Progressive Farmer.
In entering upon an examination Of
what is perhaps the most important
matter with which we have had to deal.
we shall carefully avoid all ideas Of
prejudice and Partially.
Farm-yard manures have for many
centuries been the prop and main-stay
of our agricultural operations and no
science was necessary to teach us that
flowed its virtue to its happy combina-
ton of physical and chemical constti-
uents.
The requisite quantity to constitute
complete restitution can, however. be
only attained by literally putting back
the whole of the crops and living things
which have derived direct and indirect
sustenance from the soil; and hence,
even if such an idea were not absurd.
it would be impracticable. since the
grains. seeds, cattle. poultry. milk. but
ter and wool are all sent to market and
go to feed the teeming populations Of
the towns.
Such manures as We are able to gather
up in and about our farms. from all
sources. may consequently he consid-
cred as the mere excess taken from the
soil by the crops gathered in. and would
certainly not suffice of themselves TO
stay the already marked impoverish-
ment and eventual exhaustion which
must naturally be the effect of such .
comprehensive cause.
We may. therefore. consider the en-
ployment of chemical and artificial fer
tilizinC matters, as not one whit less
necessary in places where an abundance
of ofial appears 10 exist. than it is IN
other circumstances where there is very
little or none at all. and the liberal en-
ployment, judicious selection and eco
nomical purpose or manufacture NJ
sound manurial materials is the fund l.
mental condition of successful ID
farming.
We have very frequently observed
that in the minds of some farmers
producers of large quantities of stable
oiial-the prevailing idea is. tina: tac
solid portions are those really valuah,e.
and that the liquid may be neglected
and abandoned. Our grea. object here
is TO impress upon such men - these
the utter fallacy of their OPP Mons. and
the necessity for their immediate re-
form, and to persuade them that thev
are continually making ser Gus losses
by the waste of this precious fertilizer.
We suggest the adoption of good >ys
tenn of drainage in every stable. the :.
flooring of which should be upon
slight incline to allow the liquid to pass
off with facility, by means of under
ground pipes made. if possible. from
good refractory clay. The urine shoHld
be conducted to tanks or rescry oir>, of
a similar nature 10 those already rec ,m-
mendcd IN previous chapter. and be
kept well covered over. These tanks
should be connected with pumn. by
means of which the liquid could fire.
quentlv be made TO Saturate the form
Ing heaps # manure. thereby serving TO
steady and regulate the fermentation or
process of combustion gong on within.
Ii due weight is attached to these
points. they viii produce the double adj
vantage of increasing the quantity of
ammonia contained in the nit mate
manure. and OF decreasing the risk Of
Q
use of by the cattle, if not by the popu-
lation of the neighborhood.
The solid portions of the saturated
straw should be allowed TO remain un-
der the cattle As long as'is consistent
with health and convenience. and when +!
forked up should be carefully mixed |
and deposited in uniform LAYERS upon
the heap, care being taken to break up
and disseminate all lumpy portions be-
fore the application Of the liquid 10y
means of the pumping process above
described. The very highes; possible
results will be obtained if. from tue
commencement of each heap. the hab
is contracted of regularly adding 10
each layer, as it is put on, a certain
evenly distributed quantity OF some
artificial manure. the nature of wh;cl |
will be dictated. and vary according ID |
the wants of the soil and contemplated |
crops.-From Wyatt's Modern hug! |
Farming"