Little Falls herald., 1914-12-04

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two and . half pounds Of phosphorie
acid. This includes both the liquid
and the solid manures. In fact, the IL
lquid manure is the more important Of
the two. Great care should be taken
SO that the main part of it can be saw
ed.
The easier the farmer makes it for
his growing plants to gather this food,
self. He fattens his wheat crops, and
fattens his steers. If, in thus fatten-
store and buys nitrates at Is cents per
pound, and phosphoric acid and potash
both at 5 cents per pound, he will find
lithat the horse manure in his own barn
yard on this basis, if properly conserv-
ed and properly spread, is worth 1921
per ton; his cow manure, $2.02 per ton;
and his pig manure 1929 per ton.
Il seems, thus, that saving the pro-
duct of the stable lowers the high cost
of plant living considerably, when we
consider that twenty 1,OOO-pound cows
will give one hundred and forty.six
tons of manure in six months. To be
strictly accurate in the cash value of
a product, generally considered q little
better than worthless, for every 1000
pounds weight Of stock, whether horse,
cow or swine, the manure each year
is worth from a horse $27.74, from q
cow $29.27, and from that weight of
hogs $4,000.
That is, however, if it is saved right
and used right. It has been estimated
that the way manure is handled by the
farmers of this country that almost
enough is wasted each year to pay the
taxes of all the farm lands in the
United States. E-.a
These are two main leaks or avenues
Of dissipation in connection with this
l food supply Of plants-frst, at the
stable, and second in the field. Just
as one can ruin an otherwise good hay
crop by not handling it right, so one
can damage good manure crop.
Manure is at it's best when fresh and
is sensitive to several demoraizing
influences. It cannot stand rain be-
cause water teaches the best part Of it
away; it cannot stand dryness because
it ferments and the nitrogen evap0r-
ates, in fact, it cannot stand at all.
Fresh manure should be spread fresh:
j The manure found in the barnyard
in the spring or that found in little
heaps in the field is only about half as
good for plant food as the same ma
nure would have been had it been
pitched on spreader from the stable
and scattered over the land IS soon as
the load was complete.
I Next to spreading it fresh, the i'm
portant thing is to spread it finely
pulverized and to spread it evenly.
This must be done with mechanical
pulverizer, because the hand that
lwields the fork from the wagon top
lean do no more than scatter it in
lehunks.
| So important is the manner Of spread
ling manure essential to its preserva-
|tion that the University Of Wisconsin
in Bulletin Ne. 22l claims that it is
advisable to apply the manure to
field as soon as it is made. Even win
ter spreading is worth while.
4 It is equally vehement in regard to
lpulverization. seTo make itself worth
twhile, manure must come in contact
i with the roots Of the growing plants.
To do this it must be thoroughly pull
verized and evenly spread. The prae-
|tice of applying the manure directly
RaRfit R~itn aRAa RRa t3 6y ffs dgs II
disk harrow or cultivator is good
one."
Handing it by hand in the farm
wagon and handling it with spreader
is another story. The amount of la
lbor saved is one chapter Of this story,
the amount Of money saved is another,
and the increased bounti fulnees Of the
crops is q third.
81 Everywhere it is acknowledged that
the spreader is a dividend-paying in
vestment, and it would seem that with
taxes to be paid, and other expenses
! coming along inevitably, that greater
! care would be taken to preserve in its
entirety the full value Of the barnyard
refuse.
TEACHES ART OF RETAIL SELL
! ING
Paul n. Neystrom is the latest ac
: QUESTION to the staff of the General
Extension division of the University
of Minnesota. He il conducting class
; es in Retail Selling and Nerchandis
/ inu in variOus nlacea in the state He