The Grenada gazette., 1889-03-28
HAULING OUT MANURE.
How to Obtain the Best Results from tn,
Application OF Fertilizers.

Application OF Fertilizers.
Novitiates In agricultural or chem.
ical science formerly laid great stress
upon the Importance Of keeping fer.
menting manure in a large compost
heap, we'll covered with some material
to absorb the escaping gases. especial
ly ammonia. and accordingly they ad-
vised to keep all manure in the yard
in compost heap until ready to turn
it under quickly as soon as spread
upon the field. This idea was ex-
ploded when 1t was found by expert
ments that no serious amount of am
monia went into the air. so long as
there was moisture in the heap to alb
surb it; and that there was little es-
cape when spread upon the soil, or
piled in heaps in the fields.
Latterly, some of the best results
have been obtained by spreading par
TALLY rotted manure upon the fields il
autumn, or during winter. The rains
and melting SHOWS carry the best part
of such manure into the soil and
through it. But this is Objectionable
when the lay Of the land is such that
water runs away over the surface, as
it is apt TO do if it is not very nearly
level, esrecially when frozen below.
though tIawed above.
There is so great gain in saving
time now, against the pushing spring
work, and in the greater ease Of haul,
ing large loads over frozen ground,
that, other things being equal or near.
ly SO. it is advisable to haul out most
OF the manure in early spring. II rot
ted enough for the purpose for which
it is wanted. it may be spread upon the
ground as hauled out, if there is no
danger Of its washing away as above
noted. II there is this danger, it can
be put in heaps about the field or or
its side. II not sufficiently rotted for
the purpose of its use, these heaps can
be made large enough to continue the
fermentation.
The chief exceptions are. first in tn
case OF long straw and weed stalNs
which can only be reduced to decom-
position in a large compost heap; and
second where the manure has not been
heated enough to kill noxious seeds
and germs. But even in this case, if
the field is distant. it is better to
build large compost heap there. 50
as to do the long hauling now, on firm
ground and In this leisure time for
men and teams, and leave only short
hauls to be made in the busy spring
and soft-ground season.
Remember always that the richest
part of any manure is that which wa
ter will wash out Let none of this be
lost. either in the farm yard or tie d.
by running away in golden streams.
II the yard is inclined, build a line OF
earth on its lower side. high and COM
pact enough to arrest the escape of
any of this rich liquor, which is SO
fearfully wasted in more than half of
the farm-yards OF the country. A
tablespoonful OF it will often double
the corn in hill. II this damming
up OF the liquor produces a wet
nasty" yard, throw plenty Of straw
into it. or dig pit to catch it, and into
this throw straw or even turfy or black
soil to absorb the liquor, and then to
be used as manure. Expensive pits,
Or those stoned up, or having a
hydraulic lime coating on the bottom
and sides, though desirable, are not
necessary. Manure liquors will not
pass far into any acknowledgements
ground. The clear water will filter
through 1t. In q clayey soil. or heavy
loan, very little of the manurial ole.
ments will sink far into it, seldom more
than two or three inches, and this
saturated layer can be taken out and
used as manure, replacing it with fresh
soil. il the excavation be left too large.
Two or three inches OF the surface soil
in any unpaved livestock yard may be
advantageously taken up every year.
as fertilizer. Judd Farmer.
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