The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-09
FARMER AND PLANTER.
VALUE OF IARNYARD MANURE
"A Matter That Many Otaerwf@s l'rac-
tical Farmers Give Little
Attention 1O.

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farmers do not know of the great value
of barnyard manure. only judge tnis
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 great loss to let
the manure pile take the weather for
any length Of lime Sometimes we have
10 leave it in pile out-of doors for
some time, but l don't like to leave 1t
in such place zery long. | DON'T leave
II there any longer than / have to, aEd
many times do not put it there at al.
but haul direct from the stable ard
spread on the land | like tsis meth
cd best when it AN be done. 1t has
been estimated by :eliable authority.
that one half of the manure produced
in the United States is wasted and the
greater part IS wasted by just putting
in pile and letting it take the wealth
sr, and by this, much is wasted away.
don't like 10 see a manure pie out
Jf-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 then in
this country, The rroft in farming
would often be doubled and more. But
as long as :he American farmers let
millions of dollars worth of fertility go
down the rivers, We can never expect
to bring our land 20 the state of rich
ness and product yeness OF that OF
other nations. We should provide to
allow as little fertility escape from the
farm as possible, ard increase its val
ue by adding more. 1t is hard to esti-
mate just what load of farm manure
is worth when a farmer spreads 1T on
his land. 1t is there and then the
farmers gets a profit from 1t. for ten
years, and if ne manages as he should
lie gets compound profit. 1t works
Just like compound interest, the more
we use the heavier our crops win be,
and If we feed it, .he more manure we
will have for the land. We should pro-
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 TO he land for the greatest
| profit. The question of the waste OF
manure is getting to be serious one,
and it is time the farmers of this en-
lightened country open their eyes and
keep their land instead of letting it
wash down 20 the sea- l have always
said that the highest aim of the farrl-
| er should be to keep up and increase
| the fertility Of his land. This is what
| have always tried to do and liEd
that it pays the largest profit. There is
a proverb which reads-"The manure
pile is the farmers bank and he should
| try to have q large deposit there" and
that is just what i think. would just
as soon have a large deposit in the
manure bank as to have an equally
| large one in the national bank; II
would count just as much to me- And
| yet / know farmer who owns his
| farm and gave his large manure pile tc
| his neighbor if he would take it out OF
his way. He says there is no pay In
hauling manure. Dut.then ! must state
that he is one of those fellows who has
been wanting to sell out for long
time. and is letting his farm run down
and by doing this is standing poorer
chance of selling each day. Some pec-
pie would be satisfied if they could JUS
squeeze the life our of farm in onf
year. am acquainted with man wht
bought a run down farm few yeari
ago. a farm which had been going
down hill for 25 years; it was owned
by another one of those fellows whk
was always wanting to sell, and il toof
his 25 years to sell, and the man WIN
now owns it is doing the same thing
his object is 10 get all he can ou. of II
aid then sell, but I lam afraid he VII
be left. He may have to stay there III
| remainder OF flis days He has a go0s
farm il run right If he would keel
nore stock and feed what he raise
and return the manure back to tn
land. he would IN a few years have
much better farm. SO say that man.
farmers do lot think of the 'gr4
value there is in the manure produces
on a 100 acre farm in one year, 4
everything is fed which is grown. 4
all of it were saved and applied to tn
land without waste, it would amcun
to many dollars. 'rhe great secret o
farming lies in manure. Why can no
we put an end 10 the great waste @
farm fertility and begin increasin
the value of our farms? 1t will max
them sell for more money, and our an
Iual profit will be much greater.
will be an impossibifity for the Amer
lean farmers to have perfect success i
farming until they see and heed tn
value Of baryyard manure, and th
great importance Of building up tn
lsnd.-E. ]. Waterstripe, in Agricul
tural Epitomist.