The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-05
Manure Spreader is Invaluable
To Modern Farmer, T0Hen Says

machine III luCTcdSiue thc iSi '~"S
value Of the manure over and above
the hand labor method OF handling.
1t Is safe to say that the stable ma
nure applied on the soil with spread
er can be made to cover from two to
five times as much ground as when
spread with a fork. and that it will
do from two to three times as much
good toward increasing the crop yield
Now this may sound like an exag-
geration, but it is not. We believe
that We can show why the spreader
will cause the manure to be SO much
more efficient.
In the first place, it is practically
impossible to spread manure in a thin,
uniform layer over the soil when
throwing it from the wagon, unless
considerable amount OF time is spent
following the wagon to tear the large
punches to pieces. Now, we should
not get the idea that spreader will
pulveriZe chunks of frozen manure,
for it will not However. it will throw
Oft the chunks of frozen manure the
same as it will throw off the stones
and pieces of rails etc, that occas-
sionally get into the manure, but it
will not pulvarize them.
The standard make of spreader can
be regulated to distribute just a Ger.
tain number of loads to the acre; and
after once becoming accustomed to U.S.
ooht or a
| make certain amount of manure
cover a given surface.
| Perhaps it would be we'll to mention
why the manure can be made to go
much further by using the machine.
| This is the reason: 1t tears the ma
nure to pieces( not the frozen chunks)
and scatters them out-those punches
of matted litter that we vainly try to
spread 1t handles in nice shape. We
believe this point is clear
Now, in spreading the manure uni
formly-like broadcast seeder scat
tiers seed-the manure spreader places
the manure in a way that it will be
most beneficial. If the manure is to
be plowed under, there will be no
large punches to cut off the moisture
connections in the soil and cause it
to burn out the crop or cause the crop
to become rank. Last spring we saw
a wheatfield which had been treated
to a coat of manure and the manure
had been applied with fork. Be-
cause of the bunchy spreading, the
wheat field resembled Doggy swamp.
There were punches of rank growth
and between these the grain was very
short If the spreader had been used
this condition would not have existed.
1t has been said that a big chunk
of manure as usually thrown out
when spreading from the wagon will,
in a dry season, kill a hill of corn, but
that same chunk run through spread
er will double the yield of from four
to five hills.
/ The most satisfactory results, of
course, of applying the manure is in
the form of a top dressing, and top
dressing cannot be done satisfactory.
lily only by means of the spreader
Manure spread in this manner by the
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working the ground with other ma
chimes and it will not smother out
the grass or grain.
| We trust we have made ourselves
clear as to the value of the work done
by the spreader; now let us say some
thing about the machine itself.
We should not be mislead by the
talk we hear about light draft in
spreaders. We know that spreader
manufacturing companies are natural
ly enthusiastic over their product
and in their advertisements are apt
to try to make us thing that the
spreader will scoot Along as easily be
hind the horses as bicycle runs down
hill. Therefore when we get a spread
er we should not expect it to run as
easily with all of it's mechanism as
our wagon does without the mechan
ism. OF course. when the spreading
mechanism is not in action the ma
chine pulls practically as easy as g
wagon with the same kind of a load
and some loads do not require the
power that others do.
In buying a spreader it makes ne
difference what kind you get as Ions
as it suits you; but when you brins
the spreader home, remember that i
should be given good care and housed
the same as any other farm nipple
ment