Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-09
VALUE or suRNso MORSE MANURE.
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Growing crops AFFORD Q constant sub
bect Tor study. Last November hauled
q few loads of horse manure upon nv
garden. Apart Of Il Vas put on an
asparagus bed aud heapcd around rose
bushes, peonies, iris, and other plants
for . projection through the winter. IL
served lts purpose veil and Also doubt
less somewhat enriched the III 90 that
all the plants so treated have done well
thls summer. The balance of the ma
nure wss left In pile through the win
ter. IL MAS taken from . horse stable
cellar and Was the accumulation OF two
years. No swine were kept In the cellar,
and the manure MAS very light and dry,
the constant heating having driven OF
the moisture aud with u Of course most
20 the nltrogenous value.
when loading Il seemed doubtful " Il
VAS worth hauling the four miles, hut
after the pile had ben vet with heavy
rain fermentation started up anew,
showing that there Was certainly some
nitrogen left. Last April I used this
manure Tor growing potatoes on old
garden .oIl. tine row VAS manurcd
very heavily In the drill, the balance
equally heavily
SPREAD HRoApcAsr
and spadcd In. The potatoes were then
planted With no other application ~
manure or fertilizer. must admit that
I have been somewhat disappointed In
the growth of the crop. The row hesv-
ily manarcd In the drill grew much bet
ter than the rows broadcasted, hut
neither lct has responded to the manure
as well s had hoped. The early
.pring was dry and the potatoes mAnured
broadcast made an exceedingly small
growth all through the early part %
the season. later on with abundant
rains aud warm weather the growth in,-
proved. hut early potatoes can never
make full crop unless they grow vigor-
ously frum the start.
In discussing the value of over-beatei
horse manure With Professor stock
btlLige he stated that Il had been his
practice 10 teach college students that
horse manure heated under cover could
only lcse the volatile portion of the
yaluc. The potash and phosphoric acid
ltA NNiAAttf NOati utN b'"NNNN't
however excessive the Fermentation.
lie slso taught that the nltrogcnous
portions not being entirely soluble, or
Immediately Available, would not tc en-
tlr.ly wasted by the fermentation. TAX
Ing
'TiRN rANGEp" HoRsr MANURE
a. II 4. usually found under hor.. stable.
~herr no swine arr kept he had cstims,cd
that the nltrogrn was not more than half
Lost. ltold him that my broAdcsstcd
potatcc. looked a. n II Was all lost but
TIL. va. early In the season. They
iook~i better the ffst % July, bat ! eau
.ec In the behavior ~ the crop that Mr..
How kcr'. arguments In favor ~ manure.
that are Immediately available are not
sithout good foundation, especially for
all quick growing crops.
For early crof,-. too, the manure must
D. within immediate rrsch. >ecr,tary
Russell used to emphasize the fact Ia his
textures Ia farmers that young animals
must never bc .tintcd OF checked la
growth during the growing age, for "
they we're the lo.. could never be made
up. An old animal may Law on TAT. bat
growth can only be made during the
growing period.
~ With potatoes ar any other quick
growing vegetable; 10 growth Il s,uutci
during IN. early week. ~ life no amount
20 forcing later on can make up Tor the
lo.s. The potato, like most other plants,
makes stalk and foliage In lts earlier
growth, and fruit and seed later on.
We cannot expect large potatoe. or
large ears ~ corn With
4 SMALL GROWTH oF rLANr,
nor c,n the plant Increase it, sire of
stalk or leaf after the maturing period IL
reached.
burned horse manure may be valuable
for lts content of potash aud pho.pborlc
acid, aud especially for the humu. u
contains, but II can not be depended on
for forcing growth la the early spring
when the weather !. cold. An abundant
supply of available nitrogen u what is
then D~.sie,l.
Well rottcd and we'll preserved horse
manure I. one of the hest aids Ia early
growth la the garden. for there u enough
nitrogen available for the use of the
plants, but coarse, unfcrmenioi msnures,
as the ordinary farm yard supplies, are
likely 10 b. inferior to the best commer-
cial fertilizers for forcing a vigorous
growth In cold spring weather.
This l. one of the lessons my potatoes
are teaching me as watch their growth.
LArER WORD.
The foregoing VA. written t~o weeks
ago. Since then have been digging po-
tstoe. for the table and hnd the yield a.
unsatisfactory as the .,unted vine. gave
promise. Ia the row that WAS heavily
m.nure,l la the drill the tubers are small
aud the manure sem. to have changed
very little since IL va. put In the drill.
In INV garden practice there !. constant
tendency Ia deficiency of bumus. The
soll grows compact and heavy by con-
tinuous cultivation with no grass or
weeds to turn la, 50 ! expect that the
burned horse manure will not be With
out value 20 future crops, but the profit
thi. season come. chiefly In experience.
-Cor. OF New England Farmer.
LET THEM GO.
A yrr.t deal A. .ald about boys leaving