Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1914-11-27
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- United States department Of
agricultural
70 stimulate the growth OF a lawn
hd to improve its appearance for the
allowing spring no better treatment
I'm be recommended than the appi;ca-
yof properly rotted manure in the
fall. according to the United States
department of agriculture's specialist.
lis application should not be made
woil after the frosts have stopped the
with OF the grass. Ten to twenty.
xhorse loads should be applied to
- acre. according as the soil is more
or less rich ~.
1t Is most important that the manure
should be thoroughly rotted before ap-
nlication. SO that all weed seeds are
killed: otherwise damage done by
weeds will more than Offset the fer.
tilizing value Of the application. Ma.
nure really needs careful handling be.
fore 1t is suited for spreading over the
lawn. Unless 1t is properly Compost
ed" 1t may have most of its valuable
constituents destroyed by improper
handling. To compost" manure prop
erly 1t should be treated as follows:
Pile all manure In heaps with alter.
nate layers of sod or other litter. Keep
1t wet enough so It will not burn Let
it stand whole year through summer
and winter, forking 1t over two or
three times during the year. 1t will
then be ready for use on the lawns,
and danger from weed seeds will be
minimized. '~ i...
Many people object to the use Of
manure at all. not only because Of the
danger from weed seeds, but because
Of its unsightly and insanitary ap-
pearance. These will undoubtedly pre-
fer to use something else, and the
most economical substitute Is finely
ground bone or bone meal. This should
be applied at the rate Of from 500
pounds TO one ton per acre, according
as the ground is more or less rich. 1t
should cost between $25 and $50 a ton
With the bonemeal 1t is desirable to
use double the quantity of wood ashes
These ashes contain considerable lime
in very desirable form. as we'll as
other valuable elements. However,
they are apt to be more or less costly.
Ordinarily muriate of potash would
be found more economical than wood
ashes, although the potash does not
contain the lime which the other fer
tilizer imparts to the soil. On account
of the European war the potash may
prove more difficult to obtain than the
wood ashes. Only one-tenth the guam
tity of potash should be used as Of
bonelneal. .
The potash may be sown separately
or mixed with the bonemeal, as de.
sired. The same Is true Of wood ashes
If these are used instead Of potash.
All applications should be made before.
the ground freezes permanently for the
winter. as otherwise the fertilizer may
be largely washed from the soil before
1t has chance to become Incorporate.
ed with it. s.... -.f .-..
In regions where cottonseed meal
may be obtained at q price not over
SO per ton 1t may be used satisfactor-
lily In the place Of the ground bone.
Tankage and fish scraps are even rich
er In important elements than ground
bone. but are frequently in bad me
chanical condition for handling-that
Is. they contain hair or other foreign
coarse matter. Their bad odor also
makes them Objectionable.
Prepared sheep manure is an excel
lent dressing. AS It has been sterilized
by drying and rendered odorless, there
are not the objections to it that there
might be to ordinary manure. It's one
drawback is eXpensiveness.
TO Protect Worn Places.-If there
are any parts of the lawn which will
be tramped over when they are not
frozen. and especially when snow Is
melting there. these parts should be
protected to prevent persons from, cut
ting across Tramping on the turf
when 1t is covered by slush or snow is
as destructive to lawn as almost any.
thing else. ., g. -.. 30, T. Pa. .....,.
1t Is hardly necessary to say that
nothing will be gained by scattering
grass seed on the avn at this season.