The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-11

In catyug for farm manures the main
object Ia to prevcr, tho loes OF COM
pounds containing nitrogen, potash and
phoephoric acid. says AN experiment sta
tion report, From what has been said In
connection with the sources OF loss of
fetiili1tng materials in farm manuros, II
can be seen that the sources OF loss can
DO avoided by absorbing the luuh man
urcs. by regikpt3ng the process OF fermcn-
tauon ald by protesting the manure
from teaching. The use of litter absorbs
the LIQUID manure. preserves 1t to some
extent from immediate decomposition. and
also holds more OF less OF the ammonia
produced by fermentation, thus prevent
ing IS escape INTO the air. of the ma
teriols IN common use, peat has the larg-
est power of absorbing and holding IL
qu!ds. roit moss comes next, spent tan
and sawduat follow; then comes straw
as a safe rule to follow that the Hitter
should at hast be equal to onc-third of
sne dry matter Of The food consumed
animals have been suggested: sheep,
threc-iifths of a pound of Inter; cattle,
n,ns pounds horses FIX and a half
Wise 10 USE some other materials for ab-
sorbing and preserving the manure
among such S,, materials are gypsum 0"nd
Gypsum uand plaster has the power Of
holding ammonia aud preyonu.ng Its loss
II must. however. he mos, IN order to be
effective. The best way to use gypsum
IL tn spNnklo II ON the moIs, dung. or
uiane Stables In which the cxcrcmen,s
are properly treated by this nouns are
notaby free from offensive oiors. as u
rule.
kagiit sprinkIed upon manure tends 10
| check fermentation and also to attract
should 10 observed In the us1s of kainlr-
II should lc kept from under tho feet or
! animals since injury may result TO the
| feet OF animals treading on II. It ls,
therefore. best applied to fresh manure
| and covered with Hitter
Acid phosphate contains a considerable
| proportion of gvpeum. and to this oNtcnt
| It's action IL Ike that of the gypsum. The
| soluble phosphate IN tho acid phosphate
tends to unite with ammonia aud prevent
| us loss and alSo to check icrmcnta lion. a
| mixture Of acid phosphate and gypsum II
strongly rcsonmcnied by some ns,;ns
| them In nbout equal PROPORTIONS. Fo,
| of different presentations may he used
daily for each Individual:
| Kinds OF horse. cow. pix. sheep
| preser,atlvc. lbs. HIS. o. oz.
Gypsum dand pies
A tis p ao;;bt,;...... y y A ~
when mixture OF surcrrhosphates ard
| gypsum IL rse1. take one-half or one-third
OF the amounts ,ndicatcd above. one great
advantage In using acid phosphate OF
kainlt Is that one ia adding TO the manure
| m important form Of plant food In which
| tho manure IS nIrurglly deficient TIL,
| price n, which one can get these materials
| muat determine whether their use Is econ
| omicll or not.
| Mixture of different manure. such n.
| COW and horse m0nurcs. IL advantageous
| since one undcreors fermentation SLOWLY
| and the other rapidly. when mixed. thu
conditions OF moisture are more easily con
| trolled. Whether stable manure rs store,
| In sheds or In cellars or IL protected II
| come other way. II IS important to observe
| the following precautions:
!. The manure should be spread out uni
formly
2. Ito exterior should he protectc,
against the access of air.
2 II should always he kept moist. bu
not too wet.
4. II should he protected from sunshine
3. II should Ice protected from teaching.
| G. Some form of preservation should b'
| used IN the stables IN addition 10 litter