The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-16
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M-rure Sore-ders.

There are u great many manure
spreaders used in this locality. Farm
ers are beginning to find out the ad-
vantages Of spreading manure with
spreader as against the old way. The
spreader is more thorough and eco
nornfcal. As to the difference in time.
we have not taken any notes. but shall
90 SO this spring. Well-rotted ma
nurn works the best. The mixing OF
horse and COW manure would be sd
visable. BY mixing the two. the horse
manure being very warm and the COW
manure moist. fermentation takes
place quickly. The better rotted tie
manure the better 1t handles. both
with the spreader and by hand. 1t
will spread more evenly. Litter causes
the spreader to throw out large
lunches at times, which will have to
be spread by hand or 1t will kill the
grass or clog the plow. We have :Io
spreaders. One of them. an old ga.
chine. seems to wear out first where
the Stats are fastened to the chain, the
rust seeming to rot the Stats. Do not
know the ~eight Of our spreaders
They are each three.horse. Should
think the heavier spreader the more
durable. S. W. Perrin.
Farm Superintendent. University Of
Nebraska.
l have used a manure spreader for
the past few years and am very much
pleased with 1t. 1t saves labor and
at the same time does the work better
than it could be done by hand. There
are several dozen spreaders now in
use In this vicinity. and all Of them
we're purchased after we got ours.
All that have them like them. think
that a man can do one-half more work
with a spreader than by the old wa.
l find that the spreader works equally
well with all kinds of manure. DO
not find that large amount of litter
In the manure makes any differe=lce
with the spreader. Our spreade: is
we'll built, aha we have not had to lay
out cent in repairs since we hal it.
I think the weakest part Of the na-
chine is probably the small chain chat
runs the beater. This might break
unless one were very careful to adjust
1t, for on very rough land the shaking
would throw 1t OF, and then, of course.
1t would break. Our machine holds
forty bushels and is hauled by one
pair OF horses. We never use more.
and ours is hill farm. think a
fairly heavy machine is the best, tut
the heavier the machine the more
horses that will be required to haul 1t.
H. ". Frye.
Hillsboro County, N. H.
purchased a manure spreader
three years ago. l can cover about
twice as much with the same manure
by using machine as can by hand,
and the results per acre are jusa as
good. Almost every farmer in my
neighborhood has one and u cir
use in the county is increasing.
A man can haul out one-iourth
more manure in one day than by
the old way, and then he will
whistle and sing as he does up
the chores at night. 1t does not make
any difference what kind of manure
you spread with the machine. 1t will
spread anything. think 1t does the
best work with manure consisting OF
coarse and fine mixed togethGl.
have been asked what part Of the ma
chine IS the weakest. reply that the
drive chain on the spreader is about
the weakest part of the machine. The
machine that l have is the 60-bushel
box, and l think it the most service.
able for the ordinary farmer. Two
horses will handle 1t with ease on lev
cl ground If the soil is not too wet
On uneven ground three horses are re.
quired. The larger machines may ke
all right for farmers with large farms.
l wish l had purchased one years be.
fore l did.-Samuel Hartwell, Will
Co., H., in Farmers Review.
Do Not Pasture Meadows in Spring.
We allow our cattle and other stock
To thN t.. r.