The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-01-27
= VALUE or MANURE AS A
FERTILIZER.
By John A. Mcclure
,t,.ef1r 8rd Institute District

injector ard Institute District
b.. straw stacks that loom ~
/ Che county az threshing time
| .s valuable as gold. II we were
~ a farmer to throw a gold coin
Gis crate or heating stove he'd
H. Nc had bats In our belfry, yet
T., time he burns up straw
II he il doing this very thing
[,rInr that which. n turned into
Irure would revert back In wealth.
|ben the conversion OF straw In
manure lis urged. we are at once
|. vim the frivolous objection that
=. 4 NO barn or shed on the farm
I, enough 10 house the stock. II
| hmt sion To do a little figuring
M, value Of the manure made
L. ibs straw wasted. We soon dis
H. that IL will pay a biz percent.
4 ~ interest on the money invest
io borrow the capital to build
II and very few years would lapse
[ore the principal would be saved
|the fertility that would acrue TO
\ farm from the practice.
Manure Tests In ohio.
IN the ohio Experiment station
Prof Thone's direction. tests
lam yard manure have been run
II lor nine years. In which II was
III I'M different rotations. both a.
|, and ln some combinations with
4. carrier OF phosphorus and 9th.
Elements. Eight tons OF manure
acy was the standard applica-
\ The average yearly Increase
acre OF this one application In a
H. year rotation OF corn. wheat
\ clover was. for the untreated
|rure lt7O bushels of corn and
pounds OF fodder, a money value
Isl. figuring the corn at 4Oc per
H. and the fodder at 81 per ton.
l. 10 Will be- understood. was an
based value over land that was
treated To manure. For the
a. following the corn the Increase
tlc untrcatcd manure was S.36
b. Of wheat and S97 pounds OF
b.. representing "A money value Of
l.. figuring wheat at soc per
b. and straw at 81 per ton. For
clover following the wheat the
|ease In yield for the MANFRED
vas al the rate OF CSC pounds.
Cesculiug a money value OF S2.74,
Inng the hay at s. per ton.
|ammarizing then. We may say
the application o. eight tons of
, yard manure increased the
D. Of corn. wheat and clover In
|iion representing a money value
BIZ or f2l7 per ton. This val.
Vas determined for yard manure
bad lain In the open through the
D.
b. value Of stall manure that had
= kept under cover during the
\ was accommodating until a
= time before application was
q Tor the eight-ton application,
s2gj per ton.
pat an Illinois Authority Says.
p G. g. Hopkins. OF the Illinois
|lou. is authority for the state
p that the value OF farm yard
pure comes not only from the ele-
rs OF plant food which IL may
pam, but also. and sometimes
|iy, that the decaying organic
'eT OF the manure liberates guam
Z OF plant food already In the
ana adds humus. which may or
not according To the character
previous condition and treatment
'he soil, add considerably to its
BE- by balancing the stall ma.
Z by the addition OF a carrier of
'ephofus, the value OF the eight
Z OF such manure was increased
~ or Nl1j ner ton. and this az.
ueduc.lng the cost OF material
z Tor balancing the same. Add
THIS to the untreated stall ma.
We have 1926, which equals
p as The possible net agricultural
le OF The phosphated farm manure
apphed 10 the soil at the Wooster
peTiment station. where the soil
sandy clay loan. II should be
NH understood that more than
llId Of this value is due TO the
''uoh OF phosphorus. and II may
''a''d that practically the same