The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-09
SAVING BARNYARD MANURE.
How One Farmer Saved His Fertilizer
for the FinIds.


When we moved on our farm we
found small barn on the place, lo-
Gated away out in the middle OF the
field,some fifteen rods from the house,
with no fence to keep the cattle from
straying all over Sthe meadow when
they were brought in from the pas
ture.
The manure made through the vim
ter season was thrown out OF the
stable windows and left against the
side of the barn TIL the time came to
draw 1t out In the spring of the year.
There the SHOWS and the rains fell on
IT, There the sun beat down upon it
and the frosts did their part toward
stealing away the goodness of the fer
tilizer made from day to day. Away
from those heaps of manure ran lit
tie stream OF rich liquid manure. In
the spring the grass along the course
OF the little river was beautifully
green. There was so much TO be cred
tied to the plan of storing the manure
In that way, but no such streak fol-
lowed the path OF the invisible
streams of goodness that took their
way toward the clouds. All one could
see OF that was the cloud that rose of
sunshiny morning from the piles
by the side of the barn. telling surely
Of the fertility that was wasting its
substance on the air
Although we went to the farm from
life In the city we knew enough to
be sure that that was no way 10 store
barnyard manure. We needed every
bit we could make on the farm All
that went to fetrilize the sky would
do us no good.
so we made up our minds 70 change
the program so that this loss might be
stopped, continues this correspondent
OF Farmers Review. And ore day that
barn found itself travelling across the
fields to site nearer to the house.
II was set apon basement and made
about twice as large as II had been
before. The stables were below the
ground floor. and faced away from the
shed IN the rear, so that we could
throw the manure out under the shed
back OF the stock. There Il was kept
nice end dry through the winter
months
The horse stables were convenient
10 the COW stables, 30 that we could
use the strawy part of the horse ma
nare for taking w the liquid manure
In the cutters behind the cowH This
we believe 70 be good plan. Horse
manure II stored by Itself viii Just
about all burn up with iirc-IanE and
be wasted Mixed with COW manure
the heating Is greatly, n not entirely.
lessencd and 40 the value OF Che whole
Increased
by using plenty of straw for bed
ding the cows We also added 20 the
amount OF homemade fertilizer pro-
duced on the farm This added much
toward keeping the cows dry and
clean while shut up IN the barn
through the winter season hABy
farmers are not rs careful about this
aa they might be There cows are left
TO lie on the bare. cold 6oor They
show Il, too In the fiith-laden sides OF
their bodies.
Some have called me crank on
this subject Of barnyafd manure That
~ an right if can save what natu-
rally belongs 60 the farm and give lt
back 10 the farm. Il seems 10 me that
/ am IN that way making my farm so
much the better. The fact IL We might
do much toward putting a stop TO the
cry Of exhausted farming lands II We
would take more painB 70 save the fer
tility that naturally belongs 10 the
fern. By Keeping more cows and feed.
ing out all the stun produced we can
bring our farms back 10 their native
state Of fertility. II is worth doing
40.