The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-01
Linz PhoSphates.

ANY amount of chemical manure, equal
to the best of barn-yard manure, can be
made for less than 81 per ton by COM
posting lime with rich earth or muck. 1t
can be handled easier and can be applied
direct to the crops in planting or sowing.
or during the growth of the crop. 1t can
also be applied on the ploughed or sod
ground during the fall, or in the winter
when the ground is frozen.
For corn or pasture nothing can be had
for twice the money that will equal it.
Manufacture your own chemical ma
nures. They will possess identically the
same properties you buy in fertilizers;
and you will get, at low calculation,
from three to five times as much for the
money invested. And, when the results
are taken into consideration, you will
find that you get ten times better results
than if you attempt to buy this amount
of plant-food in the form of fertilizers.
The fall and winter, or any spare time
that the farmer has, can be utilized to
great advantage by preparing or spread
ing this compost manure. Any rich de-
post of earth will do-good ground pro-
ducing rank weeds or sod is good. The
richer the ground the better the compost
will be. Atom of rich ground, composted
it can always be manufactured to good
advantage close at hand. 1t is actually
one of the most convenient and profitable
ways to apply lime. Composing pays
we'll for the little extra work it requires
it gives better results, there is much more
economy and it is the quickest and surest
way to grow crops. Composing is an
ancient method. The best way to make
from ten to fifty tons is, first select a
spot where the water will not collect or
stand, put about six inches of quick lime
on the bottom, then put from ten to
twelve inches of rich earth or muck on
the lime, and so on as high as you care
to handle it-from four to Fl re feet is a
good height. In week or two, or when
most convenient, work the pile over, that
is, throw it back; this will mix it
thoroughly and it will decompose more
rapidly. Then let it lay from one to six
months to ripen. 1t is then ready to
spread at any time it is wanted. and will
always remain in good condition for
spreading. This is one great advantage
in using compost of this character-you
never have to wait.
The compost, in it's steaming process,
sets up a thorough chemical decomposi-
ton of the whole mass, and the potash,
nitrogen and phosphoric acid contained
in the muck is made available by this
powerful process. This compost is readi-
ly handled in very large quantities, and
when once understood it is the most
pleasant and profitable work on the
farm. 1t is the most profitable way to
employ idle time.
Every farmer, by getting a few carloads
ofquick lime, when no crops interfere,
can make this chemical manure by the
hundreds of tons, and the continual use
of it will prove to be worth from to 10
times what it costs him. There need to
be no valuable time used in it's prepara-
ton, as the work can be done through
the summer, fall or winter, or on wet
days when the grounds too wet to cult
vate.
No day need be lost or spent in idleness
it can be spent in the preparation of this
valuable manure. If all the idle time
in summer, fall or winter were taken ad-
vantage of properly and energetically,
all crops planted or sown should be top
dressed. Composts manure gradually
builds up the land and makes it healthy
and strong for all crops. Lime in bulk
or better, compost of lime and goodeart
is the best foundation for the progressive
farmer to build on. To see what lime
manure and shade with thorough cult
walton will do, use no fertilizer and see
the result. Keep the land lined and
your soil healthy and you will have no
trouble to grow good crops. This COM
post is good for all crops, it is especially
adapted for the use of small truckers. A
ton of quick lime, costing less than SIS
will make tons of good rich compost;
and the cost of the lime contained in the
mixture will be less than 81 or. in other
words, for every 500 that you spend for
a ton of fertilizer you could make 20
tons of this compost manure,