The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-01

cornstalks IA they have been thrown
out of the fredIug-r.nnl, aud in one
part uf the yard stands u straw-,tack
THAT the stock run around aud pun
down, but the scatteriugs are left close
around the stack aud are tralnpled two
or tnree feet deep. Where some out
door feeding is done, II Is the only pr
llOn That Is IN any order for making
manure. Now, | have tried To describe
the average barh-. ard. THIS is where
farmers are much to blame 1t is but
little troub Z to keep our baril-y.rds in
proper shape il We only will. Let us
ask ourselves If we have SD much work
during the winter that we cannot al
tend I" our barn-y ards aud keep them
III proper shape, aud each one will an
swer, mo, l thought the baru-yard
could take care of ITSELF" Do you,
brother farmers, ever stop to think
that all these little points of neglect are
robbing our soil, when with IA few
hours work every few days around the
barn-yard, our stock of manure would
be Increased Now, let us keep our
eyes open through the winter, and at
every opportunity turn hand toward
the barn-yard and see how much we
eau increase that manure pile by COW
ering up the bare Spots aud keeping
the yard i'll good shape. Statistics
show that manure Kept under cover
gives the best returns when applied
TO the soil. One writer speaks from ex-
perience: He took four acres of good
land, two of which he MANFRED with
yard manure, and two with manure
that was kept under cover in equal
proportions. He PLANTED the four acres
III potatoes; from the two acres manur-
ed with the covered manure he raised
45l bushels more than the other. This
was not all; he sowed The four acres in
wheat and received As bushels Der
acre from the part fertiliZed with the
yard manure, while 80 bushels Der
acre was gathered from that dressed
With the covered manure This seems
to be quite an important matter for the
farmer to look at If we can enrich the
soil to double its capacity by she teriug
our manure. Let US commence at once
with a little of that money spent each
year for fertilizers, which ouly bring
us ole crop. AS most of our farmers
now-a-days SOW Rock simply because
wheat is low and they cannot aft ,rd
better goods. | am of the opinion that
if we are not prepared to shelter our
manure, we can derive the best results
by hauling and spreading it on our
sods as fast as made / received the
best returns when | hauled my ma
nure on timothy sod during the win
ter and broke the ground in the spring
for corn. My corn crop was all that
could be looked for, and following this
with wheat never raised a small crop.
In conclusion, l think l have said
enough about the subject of manure
and its application, in addition to
what is brought to our notice, l will
branch off little on the subject of the
farmers protection. In looking over
the large field Of industries we fluid
that every industry has its protection,
but the great master wheel of all mod
ern improvement, the farmer, has less
protection by legislation or otherwise.
than any other industry. The farmers
of the United States outuumber any
other class of citizens; furnish three
fourths of all the commerce of the
country and the largest proportion of
all our export trade and have been
Compelled to pay the lions share of
the taxes of the country and have al
ways been loyal and faithful to the
government in time of war as well as
peace. We recognize the supremacy
of law, and the necessity of being sub
ject to the same, and that we as an in
dustrial body are not protected as We
should be, and that the evils that now
confront the farmer are the result of
legislation unfriendly to the interests
of agriculture. Therefore, let us be
awake to sense of our interest aS
farmers, aud bind ourselves together as
one great band asking our share of
protection, and that we favor such
strict legislation both State and Nat
ional as will prohibit the adulteration
Of food products.