The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-07
FARMER AND PLANTER.
yALUE OF BARNARD MANURE
= Matter That Many O1aerwis> prae.
teal Farmers Give little
Attention In.

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= Matter That Many Osaerwis> rrae-
teal Farmers Give little
Attention 10.
It seems that many Of our practical
farmers do not know Of the great value
Of barnyard manure. only Judge tais
to be SO by the use they make OF it;
that is. they make no use of it at oil.
or nearly 60. It lisa great loss to let
the manure pile take the weather for
any length Of time. Sometimes we have
70 leave it in pile out-of- doors for
some time. but don't like to leave It
in such a place 7ery long. cont leave
It there any longer than have to, ard
many times do not put 1t there at al,
but haul direct from the stable and
spread on the land like tlis meth
Cd best when 1t IAN be done. It las
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 1t takeAthe wealth
er, and by this. much is wasted away.
| don't like TO see a manure pie out
of-doors. II the farmers of this country
would study some Of the methods used
in the European countries for saving
the manure, and then adopt them in
this country, the profit In farming
would often be doubled and more. But
as long as the American farmers let
millions of dollars worth Of fertility 70
down the rivers, we can never expect
to bring our land 20 the state Of rich
ness and prodncti7enes OF that Of
other nations. We should provide to
allow as little fertility escape from the
farm as possible, and increase its val
ne by adding more 1t is hard to esti-
mate just what q load of farm manure
is worth when . farmer spreads 1t on
his land. It is there and then the
farmers gets profit from it for ten
years. and If ne manages as he SHOULD
he gets a compound profit. It works
just like compound interest, the more
re use the heavier our crops viii be.
and il we feed 1t, the 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 beg.
means for saving all the manure, and
return It to The land for tho greatest
profit The question Of the waste Of
manure is getting to be serious one,
and It IL time the farmers OF this en-
lightened country open their eyes and
keep their land instead Of letting 1t
wash down 10 the sea ! have always
said that the highest aim Of the farEl-
er should be to keep UP and increasc
tho fertility Of his land. This is what
I have always tired to do and frd
that 1t pays the largest profit There il
q proverb which reads-"The manure
pile u the farmers hank and he should
try to have large deposit there" aud
that n Just what think. ] would just
as soon have : large deposit in the
manure hank as to have an eQuali,
large one in the national bank: It
would count Just "a much to me. And
yet I know a farmer who owns his
farm and gave MS large manure pile tr'
his neighbor II he would taks 1t out OF
his way. He says there Is NO pay In
hauling manure. 3r. then must state
that he e one or 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-
ple would be satisAsd Il they could just
squeeze the life our q . farm in one
year. am acquainted with man who
bought . zun down farm . few years
axo, q farm which had been going
down hill Tor q years: 1t was owned
BY another one Of those fellows Who
was always wanting 70 sell. and Il took
his IS ysars to sell. and the man who
now owns Il b doing the same thing;
his object = 70 ct al he can on q e.
ard then sell. but an afraid he Hail
b lett He may have TO stay tnere me