The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11
THE FARM AND HOME
HOW TO ENHANCE THE VALUE
 OF THE STRAW CROPS.
Don't Throw the Straw on the Manure Fue-A MlIlIoasirs's chiekens- Measuring Hay sheep
 Notes. Home Hlat&
In. y.,.. oe straw.

Farmers as a rule have always en- tertained the idea that every pound of straw grown on the farm ought as quickly as possible be utilized iu the manure pile. While this may seem correct it can easily be proven by facts and figures that the system Is wastefui and wrong. and money thus wasted. if saved. would not ouly buy enough manure or fertilizer to keep the farm in high condition but also leave a good round sum. as profit 10 the farmer.
 propose to take the present price of rye and rye straw, writes John But tervorth in the Practical Farmer. and show how a farmer can realize a greatly increased income on every acre of rye and not rob his farm but keep it in a high state of cultiya- ton. by placing on it just as much manure or fertilizer as fl he had ad- hered to the old plan of throwing his straw crop in the manure pile.
 The following facts and figures will prove these statements correct
 One acre of land will yield Is to 20 bushels of rye and one ton of straw.
 The present price in New York mar kets of rye is 75c. per busheL and the price of rye straw. threshed straig ht and bound. Is tl9 per ton. Ten acres of rye yielding Is bushels to the acre. if sold at 75c. per bushel will amount to tIl2 50. and the i0 tons of straight threshed and bound straw. if sold at Si9 per ton, would amount to eiy0. making a total of f302- 50 realized from the ten acres of rye and straw. According to Prof E B. yorhees the New Jersey state chemist the real manurial value of rye straw in the manure pile Is only $2 per ton. couse- quently. if the old plan Is followed. and the ten tons of straw are deposit | ed in the manure pile the value Of il there according to Prot. F. B Vor- hees. is only f20 while if the ten tons Of rye straw were sold it would bring $l90 Take the manurial value of the l ten tons of rye straw which Is $20. and with the s20 buy stable manure oi commercial fertilizer and it will en- | rich the farm to the same extenl | as if the whole ten tons o straw had been deposited in l the manure pile and ye leave in the farmers pocket a ne'
 profit Of sl70, This. while enrichina the farmer. surely does not rob hi
 farm" The above facts l think prove
 conclusively that it is wasteiul ana
 wrong 10 continue in the old way o
 threshing the straw and wasting il
 the manure pile or if not absolutel,
 wasting it in this way, reducing tt
 value to $2 per ton when the sam'
 straw i. threshed straight and bound
 would bring in the New York mar
 kets $l9 per ton
 I will admit that to thresh rye b.
 hand is slow and expensive. and If tn
 ordinary spiked cylinder thresher l
 used. the straw will be broken and 1t
 marketable value destroyed thence
 advocate the use of improved machin
 cry. and in this case l recommend tn
 self binding thresher which not onl, threshes without injury to the straw
 but also cleans the straw from dust
 and delivers it thoroughly threshe
 and bound ready for marketable pun poses.
 Farmers should consider thus ma ter and as it is an opportunity greatly increase the profits of tn , farm. they cannot too soon discar old. fogy methods and wasteful plan' Nnu a~rhIls Hu3,by