Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-11


~ J.,hn Russ.r = orth Of Neu Jersey
disccurses y follows on ~ ysiae Oh
straw:
Vsrmers. a . rule. have alwaJs enter
t.ined the idea shas every pound ue strsu
rrnxn on 4 farm ought A. qu1ckiy e
cnsssble 70 be utilized Ia the manure pile
WIZ fl.is NAV teem corrcs. II CO easily
~ mroyeu by facts and figures tnAs the
srstem + wasteful and wrong. and
mocry thus wasted, il saved. would NOT
onlv buy enough manure or fertilizer 70
Keep the farm In high condifion. out
sIso lesve q good round sum Is prom
10, the farmer ] propose 70 take the
present price II rye and rye straw, and
shov how farmer can realize greatly
increased income on every aere OF
we and NOT rob his farm. but Keep
IL In nigh ssase OF cultivation By plAe-
inS ON IL iuss o. much manure or ferti-
,izer NJ III ne hnd adhered TO the Old Plan
az throwing his straw crop in the % snafe
nile. The following facts and nknres
viii Drove these statements correct
One acre Of land will yield Is to 20 bush
els Of rye and one ton Of straw The.
present price Of rye in New York mar
fess Ia rs cents per bushef- and the price
~ rye straw ,hFeshsd straight and
bound Ia $40 per ton. Ten acres OF rye.
vieIding Is bushels TO the acre. ii sold
AZ rs cents per busheI, viii amount TO
aJl3 80, and the tsn Ions Of straight
thre,hed and bound straw, II sold at sls
per ton, would amount 70 $3.50. making
a total Of s:3O2 50 realized from the ten
acres of rye and straw
According to Prof. e. B. voorhees,.
the New Jersey state chemist, the real
manurial value of rye straw in the
manure pile il only 81 per ton; conse-
nnentIy IL the old plan is allowed and
fne Ten tons Of straw are deposited in
the manure pile, the value Of 1t there.
according to Prof L B. voorhees,, is
only go. while If the ten tons of rye
srraw were sold, 1t would bring $3.50
rake the manuriat value of the ten tons
Of rye straw, which is go. and with $40
huy stable manure or commercial fertill-
zer. and it will enrich the farm TO the same
extent as IL the whole ten tons Of straw
had been deposited in the manure piie,and
vet leave 10 the farmers pocket net
profs Of Sl70. This, while enriching
the farmer. surely does not rob the farm
The above facts. l think, prove conclu-
siyely that 1t il wasteful and wrong TO
CONTINUE IN Lnc ciu wa ~ VI tutcshhiS thc
straw and wasting il IN the msnure nlle !;
or. If not absolutely wasting it in this
way. reducing it's value to % per ton,
when the same straw, If thresned straight
and bound. would bring in New York
markets $40 per ton
| will admit that to thresh rye BY hand
is slow and expensive, and il the ordi-
nary spiked cylinder thresher il used,
the straw will be broken and Its market
able value destroyed; hence l advocate
the use of improved machinery, and in
this case | recommend the self binding
thresher, which not only threshes with
out injury to the straw, but also cleans
the straw from dust and delivers it thor
oughly fhreshed and rebound. ready for
marketable purposes.
Farmers ahoald consider this matter.
and as it is an opportunity to greatly
increase the profits of the farm. they
cannot too soon discard old fogy meth
DDS and wasteful plans.