The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-25

w. r.. Massey. to haul ma
llure directly as st IS made, pile il
In large compact piles, round or rec
tangular, but with perpendicular sides
and ut least six feet high. Keep the
manure heap compact and moist. When
stored in shed. 1t is also necessary
70 keep the mass compact and moist
When the manure mus. be stored. mix
ing the excremept Of the different
classes OF animals will help insure n
moist mass. Reinforcing the manure
with rock phosphate (forty pounds per
toni and with gypsum Twenty To forty
pounds toni is sound practice
Sprinkling those materials in the gut
trrs or on the manure at the rate OF
one to ono and hale pounds per
1000 pounds OF animal weight is also
good practice"
These rules are good, but in our ell =
mate 1t Is seldom necessary TO store
manure, and no matter how stored
there Will be some loss Where ami
mails arc in box stalls tho manure will
keep we'll from the constant trnmpinG.
But when once loosened up the manure
should go directly to the field whenever
ii is possible 20 haul on tho land. /
have seen good farmer hauling and
spreading manure between the cotton
rows in August, and he got a splendid
ton. and good top crop of cotton.
Where one has grass. that is the
best place probably to haul the ma :
nure during the winter. especially if
the sod is TO he turned for corn in tho
spring. And there is no doubt that the
application of tho raw pulverizcd rock
phosphate will greatly increase the
efficiency of the manure. AT the Ohio
Experiment Station II was found that
II nearly trebled the crop over that
from untreatcd manure | found in
Alhemarle that the red clay would
never get solid in the barnyard If the
manure was allowed 10 accumulate
there. and ! had always Il mucky yard.
macadamizcd the barnyard with rock
and then determined that there should
lie no manure left there Keeping n
large stock both of mules and horses
and horned cattle. l had always half
days work for q man and team
every day hauling the manure out and
spreading il on the grass sod, and my
barn lot was always clean enough for
woman to walk over. and the manure
vent out where there were plant roots
waiting for 1t. When il was imprac-
ticablc TO haul on the fields the ma
rurc WAS piled nearby and hauled over
10 pack 1T down In fat heap until it
could be spread. Throwing manure
out the stable windows behind the ami
mails TO leach in the rain under the
caves Is common sight, and is the
cause OF great loss to farmers in many
places and hauling ii out az | have seen
Il done in some of the best PcnnSYl-
VGnia counties. ana forking il off the
wagon in little piles over the fields,
Is one of the worst ways 10 handle
manure. 1t involves three times
handling, and then makes spots in the
field, where the grain Will lodge from
too rank a growth. The manure
spreadcr is an Indispensable implement
where the land is not too steep for its
use. ] found in Alhemarlc that | had
little land on which could use the
manure sprcader. because of the steep
straight UP the hills and if | hauled
around the contour of tho hills tho
manure went out in strcaks But on
level lands the manure sprcadcr is a
wonderful saver of labor. and should
he one OF the farm implements.
\ Intc Growth of Pens.
Henrico County: Having bought a
Lice farm, ] have been reading with
great interest Mgrr valuable articles
on farming. /. am cutting out each
days publication, and will make an
iadcXed book OF them for future refer
ence. These articles alone | consider
worth more than twice the price OF
The paper TO any farmer who is willing
I" use his head | have twenty-five
acres in Unknown cowpcas. sown
about the 1st of July on wheat and
cat land | was anxious to get them
off or diskcd down in time for Ger
man clover, but l do not think they
viii stop growing or start TO ripcn be-
tore frost.
Part OF the land is sandy ana part
red soil. but all red subsoil Some OF
the peas are very heavy and the re
mainder are above the average. They
are very green and are growing at a
tremendous rate. VIII YOU please ad
wise what is best 10 do under the cir
CuiMstaMccS? do not ncnd thnIu for