Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-03

on it. He had eight head of stock be-
side his horses. The latter, of course,
ne kept stabbed the year round. The
young stock ne made a pasture for in
one corner Of the farm. The cows he
'staked out" on odd grass plots among
the various truck patches, around the
buildings, etc. Next season his atten-
ton was attracted by numerous circu-
lar-shaped areas in which the grass
stood eight or ten inches higher than
the average was thicker and greener.
In moment 1t flashed across his mind
that these were the places where the
COWS had been tethered If their drop
pings, lying out all winter, showed such
results the succeeding summer, why
wouldn't manure drawn out during the
summer and spread on the land do
something similar? He tried it. As a
result he finds that corn and grain
and hay all do markedly better with
him on land which he covers with fresh
manure drawn and spread daily from
his stables and yards. Last year, which
was mighty bad corn year, from four
acres Of sweet corn thus treated, with
out pound Of commercial fertilizer
added, he sold over 200 bushels of
roasting ears, and filled with the cut
up fodder 25x1S feet silo.
! know that this was pretty good
Work-for 1911. / also know that the
doctrine Is not adapted to all soils and
| conditions. have in mind one farm
where the stock go all through the fall
winter and spring to a brook near the
barnyard for water. When the snow
melts away in the spring I have seen
the surface for % feet back from that
! little brook covered with clear cow
dung SO deep that the farmer used to
| go out and scatter It around. so as tc
expose the turf underneath Yet never
| has there been any apparent increase
| in the growth Of the grass in that cor
ner. There are probably reasons for
| this queer result. / simply state the
4 tact, without attempting to explain it
Why such fertilization should pro
I duce fine results for a Schenectady
county farmer and no results at all fol
my neighbor may be because OF differ
( ences in the soil, or because of any one
of a dozen other things. AS YOU an6
don't own either of the farms. the
| real question for US is which If the
| two ours most resembles in its recep.
ton Of manure.
I Have you ever tried the experiment
/ to find out for yourself? II you haven't
wouldn't 1t be worth trying? If il
I should turn out to be ineffective witt
/ you, you'll be no worse off than now
/ Will lose nothing by the test II il
should tnrn cut a good thing, why ther
you remember the old song "Wher
you've got a good thing, keep il, keeI
it,"
/ All one needs for the test is a waaor
( or manure spreader into which III,
/ manure can be thrown direct from thu
/ stables. IL isn't essential that the stuff
should be drawn actually every cal.
/ endar day. regardless Of the weather
4 or whether the wagon is filed or moi
I Draw 1T whenever you have q load
one thing Is sure; this method saves
Z two extra landings Of the nasty STUFF
/ and leaves YOU free to use the precious
hours Of the opening spring In NOR,
effective work than digging out manur,
/ from half frozen heaps.
{ Why not try it on that acre your,
/ going to put into corn in The BulIetiI
! corn growing competition this comins
( season? l hope you're going into that
I anyway. Brace Up, and see if It ism
going to be possible to win tidy littl
I premium with a tidy little corn croI
! on your own farm! Wouldn't it be do
| ing something to take the blue ribbon
away from such common places al
Granby. Mass. or CollinsFile, and hans
II up in New London or Windhan
county? Its worth while making 4:
try for. Send your name i'll to TIL,
| Bulletin on the coupon, and then-ge
into gear! THE FARMER.