The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-04

the writer saw the stony fields of that
barren locality turned into beautiful
and very productive gardens by the use
Of only one-fifth of the sewage that had
formerly been run into the Clyde, where
it merely poisoned and INSTRUCTED that
waterway. Nowadays much of the
sewage Of that city is purified and the
water from the sewers returns clear
and sparkling to the river, while the
pressed blocks of the dried fertilizing
material are sold by the city TO the
farmers and gardeners who are build
ing I'D the surrounding property. The
CITY pays all the expenses of the puri-
fication Of the sewage and clears about
800 per day on this transaction; and
the barren country is being made pro-
ductive and comely; but over there,
for some reason incomprehensible TO us
Americans. the officials have strange
tendency to work for the good of the
municipality.
Making Garden Soil.
The soil. thena does not simply exist
of itself; it must be made. This is true
also of garden soil, which is likewise
a. creation Of the farmer, as the natural
soil is a creation Of the soil factories of
nature.
Garden SOIL Is BhDbLl5u u plOGONE a
variety of crops; hence it requires va
rietv of treatment and fertilization.
Seldom, If ever is it too rich" though
its fertilizing materials may not be suf-
ficiently mixed with the natural soil to
produce the results desired. But the
soil must be fed every year, and there
is little danger of feeding it too much.
Authorities on agriculture advise that
especial care be taken of the winter
and spring-made manure, when the
| farm animals are kept in stalls or
barns. Farmers often let most Of the
! fertiIizing materials get away from the
farm and become total loss Dy Delng
washed down some stream Of water.
/ Outdoor exercise grounds for livestock
should be so located that the wash
| from them will run over the cultivated
fields rather than into the public road
a. other places where it will do no
good.
| Much Of the manure made on the av-
eraEe farm washes away, soaks INTO
the ground where it is not needed; or
il is allowed to decompose and become
dissipated in the air. If none were al
lowed to waste, the barnyard fertilizers,
rightly used, would amount to a consid-
cradle sum in increasing farm products.
| The LIQUID and best portion of stable
stable if the floor is not tight or If
enough bedding is not used. To save
all of the LIQUID portions, an impervious
floor is necessary. A large portion can
be saved by the liberal use Of absorp-
tive bedding material. Where an i'm
lpervious stable floor is used, it is neces-
sary to use a great amount of bedding
simply to keep the floor dry, unless 1t is
built with a gutter and made to slope so
that liquids may drain away
The East Growing Wise.
It is usual in the east to use for the
bedding of animals ground phosphate
rock, gypsum, common ground lime
stone, and even coal ashes, in addition
to straw and chaff. the purpose being
to absorb all the liquid manures in
these materials and then spread them
on the land.
Of these, ground phosphate rock IS
considered the best. since it has high
lfertilizing values Of its own, and is most
efficient as a fertilizer when used with
stable manure OF other deComposinS or
ganic matter Coal ashes are usually
considered a waste product and a nui-
sance in most places, but by using them
for absorbing material they may be
come of real value. Their use is recon-
mended on stiff clay lands for making
the soil light, friable and TetentiVe Of
moisture.
In applying manure to the land.
whether it is spread on thick OF thin.
lit is best TO make the dressing even and
finely divided. Large pieces Of stable
manure. especially for the first season,
are likely to prove more Of q detriment
than = benefit