The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-17
FARMERANDP PLANTER.
VALUE OF BARNARD MANURE
a Matter That Many OfherwiSs Prac-
teal nrmcrs Give Little
Attention 10.

1t seems that many of our practical
farmers do not know of the great value
OF %barnyard manure | only judge this
to be SO by the use they make OF 1t;
that is, they make no use OF it at all,
or nearly SO. 1t is a great loss to let
the manure pile take the weather for
any length of time. Sometimes we have
tc leave it in a pile out-of-doors for
some time, but l don't like to leave 1t
in such a place yery long. cont leave
it there any longer than have to, aEd
many times do not put it there at al,
but haul direct from h stable arc
spread on The land. | like tGis meth
cd best when it IAN be done. 1t Ids
been estimated by :eliable authority,
hat one half Of the manure produced
in the United States is wasted and the
greater part IS wasted by just putting
in a pile and letting it take the wealth
Ell, and by this, much is wasted away
| don't like 70 see q anu pie out
of-doors. If the farmers of this country
would study some of the methods used
in the European countries for saving
the manure, and tnen adopt them in
this country, he profit in farming
would often be doubled and more. But
as long as The American farmers let
millions of dollars worth Of fertility GO
down the rivers, We can never expect
to bring our land % the state of rich
ness and product JcnesS oil that OF
Dthar nat;nnc MA chntId ,,rDyiAQ. tt
allow as little fertility escape from the
farm as possible, ard increase it's val
ne by adding more. 1t is hard to esti-
mate just what a load of farm manure
is worth when a farmer spreads 1T on
his land. 1t is there and then the
years, and if ne manages as he SHOULD
he gets a compound profit. 1t works
Just Ike compound interest, the more
we use the heavier our crops will be,
and if we feed it. he more manure we
will have for the land. We should pre-
vide enough bedding to absorb all the
liquid manure, as that is the most
valuable. We should provide the best
means for saving all the manure, and
return it 70 he land for the greatest
profit. The question of the waste of
manure is getting TO be 4 serious one.
and it is time the farmers of this ell
lightened country open their eyes and
keep their land instead Of letting it
wash down 20 the sea. | haYe always
said that the highest aim Of The farm
er should be to keep up AMI increase
the fertility Of his land. This is what
| have always tried to do and (rd
that it pays The largest profit. There Is
q DrOverb which readS-"The manure
pile is the farmers bank and he should
try to have q large deposit there and
that is just what think, ! would Just
as soon have a large deposit in tho
manure bank as to have an equally
large one in the national bank; II
would count just as much to me. AnC
yet | know a farmer who owns his
farm and gave mis- large manure pile C
his neighbor if he would take it out OF
his way. He say there is no pay il
hauling manure. But then / mist state
that he is one Of hose fellows who Ia
been wanting to sell out for a long
time, and is letting his farm run doN Il,
and by doing this is standing a poorer
chance of selling each day. Some PEG
pie would be satisfied if they could Just
squeeze the life u of a farm in one
year. / am acquainted with d man who
bought a run down farm a few yeats
ago. a farm which had been going
down hill for 25 years; it was owned
by another one Of those fellows who
was always wanting to sell, and it took
his 25 years to sell, and the man who
now owns it is doing the same thing;
his object is 10 get all he can ou' OF it.
and then sell, but am afraid ne VIII
be left. He may have to stay there the
remainder of his days. He has a good
farm if run eight. If ne would keep
more stock and feed what he raises
and return the manure back to tfe
land. he would IN a few years have q
much better farm. SO l say hat many
farmers do lot think of h great
value there is in the M produced
on a 100 acre farm in one year, Ii
everything is fed when is GROWN. Il
all of it were saved and applied to the
land without waste, it would amount
to many dollars. The great secret or
farming lies IN manure. Why can MOI
we put an end to the great waste OF
farm fertility and begin increasing
the value of Dur farms? 1t will make
them sell for moro money. and our an
rual profit will be much greater. 1t
will be an impossibility for the Amer
lean farmers to have perfect success in
farming Until they see and iced the
value of baryyard manure, and the
great importance Of building up the
land.-E. j. Waterstripe, IN Agricui-
tural Epitomist.
THE ROY AND THE FARM.