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


amount win not be so much II q
the farmer applies this manure to a
his soil before 1t has lost any of a
fertilizing elemeRs, he does the soil r
as much good as he would II he i
spent $1,000 eEch year fer CONNER q
cial fertilizer. OF course, it may
may be true that some of these ele- |
ments are not available, but this /
is more than balanced by the good
the manure will do the mechanical
condition of the soil II the ma
nure is allowed to lose some or
great deal OF its richness, then the
soil to which the manure is final
ly applied will not receive the fun
benefit possible
MANURE LOSES FERTILITY,
1t has been estimated. and ]
think the estimate Is very con-
seryatiye one. that from one-third
to one-halt of the fertilizing value
of manure is lost every years be-
cause of the carelessness exercised
in preserving manure. Nearly ey-
cry farmer who has six horses,
/, twenty cows, 100 head OF hogs and
I twenty sheep, allows the manure
voided by -lese animals to lose
from $500 to 5000 worth of its plant
Z food before he applies it to the
/ land. In the United States there
i is lost every year from 100000. 900
! TO $500, 10000 worth OF plant food
Il needed by the soil because of the
r carelessness of the farmer. II our
, lawmakers would squander this much
= money every year, the farmers would
# ne up in arms. Yet this vast sum
,e is was ed every year on the farms
$ Of the nation, when the hungry
hi and dying soil needs 1t all. and more
v and not word is raised to war;
nj the farmer and counsel him how Il
a avoid the loss.
he Manures suffer loss in three ways
r. First. by fermentation or rapi'
as decay second, by teaching; and
20 third. by wastes around the bari
er lots and in the pastures. In eacl
of these ways the farmer is respon
sible. II he would use more car
:. in the preservation of the mnnur
No produced on his farm, there woul
~ be a great deal less loss and, conse
no ouently. a smaller loss to his soil
"a The amount Of loss To the uncai
,st ed for manure in a given time d.
ho ponds on the climate, the amour
no of rainfall, and perhaps, some mine
49,, conditions. The New York static
81 has-sound hat manure thrown q
i A loose heap and allowed to fe
an ment and subjected to the acuo
H. of the elements, will lose nearly
not quite, one half of It's feri
izing elements in six months. Tn
station has also found that II co
ere and horse manure are mixed, u
90 loss will not be quite so much II
900 same station found that manure II
900 cared for would lose in a year
ar per cent Of its gross weight go p
uld cent nitrogen, AZ per cent phosphc
on ic acid, 76 per cent potash, and
of per cent of its money value.
,ric In New Jersey, farther south, .
A a where. perhaps, there is great
at rainfall thain in New York, it "
ave found at the station that manu-
1rse uncared for, lost more than TIL
the of its nitrogen, more than half
the its phosphoric acid. and nearly h
,ual Of It's potash in three months.
nese some southern states the loss
han been even more rapid than u
cke- while in Canada the loss was OF
about one-third OF the total pl'
void food content in a year. In the
20 ter section the weather is not
1O5 hot. and the great part of the me
lives tire falls in the form of snow IN
not being but few dashing rains
say. loss by teaching is not so great
year AS said before, the loss that
init nure suffers results from one
unds all Of three causes: Fermennt
,hor- teaching, and wastes
fash Fermentation is caused by the
have ton Of two organisms Those WI
or work on the outside of the heap
cat mass. and those which work on
interior. The first named orsani
unds must have an abundance OF air
,hor- they perish when deprived OF
h in The second those which devt'
We without the oxygen of the air
1900, ish when exposed TO the air
8 in second named organisms simply
pare the complex substances so
in can be easier acted on by the
,gen. named organisms Generally u
and second named organisms can
liant form their labors without any
tns.-tlcular loss TO the plant food I
the N Of the manure. When