The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-10-26

without air are working all the time.
ON the other hand, ii the manure
is loosely piled and no attempt
made to preserve il, the organisms
that act on the outside OF the heap
cause the mass TO decay 100 rapidly. I,
and great deal of the nitrogen is
lost by passing off in the air In !
the form of ammonia or free nitro
gen. 1t can be seen, then, that II
fermentation is allowed TO be rapid,
there is danger OF the manure los
ing the greater part of its nitrogen.
To hinder the loss In this way the
manure must be kept in compact
heap. and the temperature should
be kept as low as possible,
Manure loses plant food by leach
I ing in the following manner; When
II is piled in a heap under the
caves of the barn, and great deal
of water falls on the heap and
drains through Il, the moisture ear
ries off some of the plant food part
icles Nitrogen, phosphoric acid,
and potash are all lost in this way
The amount Of loss will depend on
the amount OF moisture that passes
through the heap in that time.
Every farmer has noted the loss
resulting in this way. Go out be-
hind the barn Of the average farm
er and you will find the manure pill
ed up against the building whore
, the water can run through Il and
then down the hillside. carrying with
II the fertilizlng elements needed
to enrich the soil from which the
] crop came the year before II there
/ is little rainfall. there will he a
d slight loss; but II the rainfall is
lie considerable, then the loss will be
= great
= The amount Of loss hy wastes de-
pends entirely on the arrangement
:, of the barn floor and the amount o.
litter used as bedding II the floor
are open and no bedding is used
all OF the liquid excrement vpide'
by the animal is lost by passing und
err the barn. where & cannot be re
no moved by the farmer II the floor
are tight like cement. which is nov
being used by a number OF farmeri
and suffic,ency OF bedding Is us
ed TO absorb the liquid manur'
then there need be but very litu
-, loss in this way.
ms The urine Of horses. cattle an
ny sheep is much richer in niuoge
re, and potash than the solid excreta
lrn those animals The solid eXcremei
10 Of hogs Is richer in all three plai
foods than the urine. The solid e
VS.: crement Of all animals is richer
mid phosphoric acid than the urine Bl
nd. as Just said, the urine Of horse
arm sheep and cattle Is much richer
ach nitrogen and potash than the =
on ids. II the urine Is lost IN I
are stalls. great deal Of these e
ure ments is lost The solid manure
,uld horses contains about 0.5 per cent
ise- trogen. OS5 per cent phosphoric
Il i'd and O.3 per cent potash VIII
ear the> urine contains 100 per cent
de- frozen. practically no phosphortc
unt i'd and Is per cent potash I
inor solid excrement Of cattle conia
ton about O.3 per cent nitrogen, o.25
on cent phosphoric acid and O2
fer cent potash; while the urine q
ton tains about OS per cent niupg
/. # practically no phosphoric acid.
rtil-It4 per cent pjnsh The solid i
This nure of sheep contains O15
cow cent nitrogen. 0G per cent phosph
the lie acid, and O.S per cent pota
The while the urine contains l per G
I'M nitrogen. 400 per cent phosph,
81 acid. and 20 per cent p1lash Tn
per compared figures will show the re
hor- or the Importance OF ayin
GO liquid manure.
There is another way manure IS
an" lowed to waste This IS by all
eater ing the entire mass TO wash ~
was or by scraplng or earting Il TO
hu'V, gutter. In this manner not
'h'r' is the plant food contained in
Il " manure lost TO the soil but.
~" humus, the manure, II applied, WI
- give the soil. In some sections
mas the west. northwest. aud even
en,s' the southwest the loss from wa
on'y In this way is enormous Manur
plant - - aoat,,ns :. reeoraed ms a
H''- triment. and any method that
y so ret II out Of the way in the
mus possiJle time Is looked upon as
ne' : most acceptable method In rea
Wv millions of dollars are wasted
~ year in this way.
. tr Another waste, which is perm
at,on in the central and eastern state
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