Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-05

Pleasant township. in locality where
ths farmers could we'll afford tc, ex-
claim My lines have fallen in pleasant
places In passing a certain farm,
the first thing noted out of order
was blowing along the road side. IN
such manner as to make 1t plain
that 1t had been done to scour a rusty
plow. Some of his neighbors had
been dragging the roads some. Pres
emily. passed dilapidated barn. along
the side Of it were old manure piles of
different formation, showing visible
signs of having been formed during
the three or four last winters, and the
thought occurred to me that if this
man mad used little ofeJohn DIS axle
grease on his pillow and would put it
IN shed or UP in a loft the time
taken for him to scour the rusty plow
could have been used in helping his
neighbor drag the roads instead OF In
1uring them and violating the law,
ana II his manure had been taken care
OF, he could have saved many times
over the cost of a manure spreader.
ne could have had crib OF corn,
stack OF hay or two in place of thin
leached out wasted manure.
Use Of Compost.
Making of compost. am Indebted
TO different writer's for suggestions
ABOUT farming but for compost max
ing ana the science of 1t. am in
ueoted TO the SURROUNDINGS in the
country where I was born. and 40 I'M
portant is that work that i am de-
termined to tell everybody r can n !
please try it. Try it well and then stry
It !. again and don't quit trying. by bed
qins horses and cattle we'll with fairly
aeep bedding. both for the. comfort snf
the stock and for the purpose az an
sorblnE the urine. uric acid. ammonia
ana saltpetre. 1t becomes we'll saturat-
ed, after which you throw 1t out In 4
laeap It will at once heat and de
composition works very fast. doing tha
work IN Few weeks. which 1t would
TAKE wears, without this process. 10 |
accomplish. The work OF making ,,lant
1000 or vegetable matter and also 4of
saving the valuable LIQUID manure.
winch We are not fixed to save. by
other means than by absorbine is inn
portant. Compost is to ningle differ
ent vegetable matter with manure II,
QUICK accommodation. Manure from
the horse barn will heat fast and III
valuable 70 mingle with that from tina
cattle barn. Absorbers should be used
10 the utmost limit of all that car he
s IN both barns and when
taken out should be mingled together
on the heap for absorbers use All
KINDS OF straw. All kinds of CHAIR. es
pecially. clover chaff is the best All
soroer. Dry matter is much better.
absorber than wet. 1t has more porerl
70 absorb the, liquids. After com :.
mingled with 1t. The matter from a
stack bottom. where the stock have
mad a free run, is not in condition 81,
haul to the field but should be thrown
on the compost in layers alternate
Win manure, and II using large pro
portions from the horse barn, watch
that the heat doesn't dry 1t out re
the compost dries out, decomposition
Will stop and water will have s to He
applied. Dig a ditch on the lower side
| OF the compost so the liquid will and
its way into it. then you can throw IL
PACK on the heap with the scoop
shovel. Make the compost fiat on ton
and the shape of cheese, when ripe
you Will want to cut the cheese II
| promise you! IL properly done, no seed
viii live through this no more than lie
boiled in kettle. You are safe to
ningle cockelbur, sourdock or ether
ioui weeds in the heap and to have
them good and ripe and not one will
ever grow or annoy you. You may
bury, dead does in this heap and i wisi,
that half Of the dogs. in the town were
sleeping warm in my compost heaps,
and you may bury dead hogs with
them and month afterwards, YOU
will find nothing there, but little
bone. We have four large straw stacks
besides clover cllaff. We shall con-
vert it all to manure together with 15D
tons of hay before this time next year.
| We shall compost more than 500
spreader loads of condensed manure
II you make a compost, do not let
hogs to it. II they have the oppor-
tunity to root in 1t. it will stop the
working Of the gases. Anyone with
common sense as his guide, will soon
become familiar with this important
work and if you go at it right and
extensively, YOU will soon have to
build hay barns. granaries and corn,
cribs and you will have comfort and
plenty, and money to loan to the man
WHO pays no attention to such mat
| tiers.
| Ii you are from Missouri and you
want us to show you, alright, that is
| just what we want. Come along and
come at dinner time"