Evening journal., 1905-09-25

manure Is far more complicated, for
IN here comes the question of how to
handle the manure to get it on the
land with the least loss of plant food
and the least amount of labor. At the
present day all seem to agree that the
cheapest and best way is to haul the
manure direct TO the field every day as
| fast as II Is made. Then there can be
no loss from teaching on from heatirg.
When the country was young the soil
was well filed with humus and good
crops could be harvested without the
addition of humus. Manure was re-
garded as waste II was often thrown
into washes, creeks or even burned.
ln time, the ground became poor. be-
ceusc the soil became depleted of hu-
mus and pimt food. then the settler
cleared otm land working westward
all the while. This kind of farming
Is what has ruined the South and the
East. Al the present day they arc
beginning to keep more stock ana are
trying TO improve these lands by the
addition OF hunus.
In this county. New Castle. whore
every farms has its dairy. the supply
of hunus Is returned to the soil in the
manure Tho hay and grain are fed
20 tlc animals on the farm and the
concentrated feeding stufs which are
bought Increase the value Of the ma
nurc. A ton OF wheat bran contains
about Sc pounds Of nitrogen. Sc OF
phosphoric acid and 80 of potash II
we value the nitrogen at Is cents, the
shospho-ic ac.d az cents and tho
potash At ID cents (the same value
as given 10 the crimson clover) we
hnd the value Of the fertilizing con-
stituents OF a ton OF bran to be worth
Si3Ie.
A ton Of cottonseed meal contains
1853 pounds nitrogen $40 pounds OF
phosphoric acid and ia pounds OF
potash II we give these the same
value as given 10 the crimson clover
and the bran. we find the fertilizina
constituents Of ton Of cottonseed meal
to be worth S251S.
The amount Of this fertiuzing ma
terial. which is returned to the soil
viii vary from IS per cent. 10 almost
all Of it, according to the age and the
work OF the animal. II it is fed TO a
dairy COW and the skim milk is fed tc
the hogs, Il viii practically all be re-
turned to the farm sooner or later.
Now the question is: Which is the
cheaper way to supply humus2 BY
green manuring or by feeding beef o.
dairy cattle. The crimson clover foi
green manuring must have the land
from late in July until well on IN the
spring, to make a good crop and ther
ton OF green crimson clover has
only "A fertilizer value Of $3.50. or equa
TO the fertilizer value of a Ia OF d
tor Of wheat or only is OF a ton oi
cottonseed meal The plowing under
.of green manure is by far the easiei
method for the farmer. because it re,
i.evos him Of the work of tending hi
cattle.
on the other hand. If the farmei
buys a ton OF wheat bran and a tol
OF cottonseed meal. feeds IT to his dair!
cattle and sells the butter or milk
the COWS viii pay for the feed and n
win have S3S.o0 worth OF plant foo,
60 add TO his farm. This manure Il
In far better condition for the sol
than the green manure. some Of {
viii be available for the plant at once
while with the green manure tn
plant must wait until IT begins TO de
cay. To ono used to work on a dair.
farm IL seems n great waste OF goo
feed 10 plow under a crop of crimson
clover, when 81 could he fed to cows
hc paid for by them and then go bac
to the soil again. This way seems 1
{ be the bestand most profitable way O
, the two, TO add humus to our soils.
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