The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-07
Treatment of Manure.


Miodlcsex County: Where manure
from the stable as well as from cattle
Is thrown out III the barnyard. where
other cattle stay. unless raining or
coid' and manure is allowed to remain
TIL spring, what would you advise put
ting in II or mixing with the manur.
Nova Scotia land plaster or acid phos-
phatc. or something else? l have q very
rich piece OF land. but turnips on 81
seem TO go TO tops and no roots Had
been using stable manure for years On
another piece German clover last win
ter as well this, is dying in spots
and looks as though hot water had been
| poured on IL. l also had piece of
alfalfa which Is not as thick as l want
IT. am thinking or piowing 1t after
| the second cutting and putting it In
soja beans. Can | then put the land
back in alfalfa. or would 1t be better
to follow the sofa beans with wheat
and crimson clover and then beans
again the following summer and then
alfalfa? Had rather put it back in
alfalfa next fall II you think 1t would
do we'll"
In the first place. would say that
1t is bad treatment OF the manure to
throw II out in the barnyard, and the
resulting effect of manure treated in
! this way is far Inferior to that hauled
direct from the stables to the field.
! In the experiments made at the Ohio
Station in mixing acid phosphate and
manure ii was found that manure
treated with acid phosphate, while it
, gave better results than untreated
manure. did not come near giving as
good results as stable manure treated
with acid phosphate. Adding plaster
merely serves to prevent loss OF am
monia. and adds nothing of value to
the manure, while adding acid phos-
phate you get the same conservation
or the manure. and add phosphorus
which the manure lacks. I would add
nfty or more pounds to each ton Of
manure In hauling it out, and / would
add this to the stable manure az IL is
cleaned out and loaded on a manure
spreader and driven directly TO the
field and spread. and would have no
manure In the barnyard but what ac-
cumulates there. The clover and al
falfa need lime, and good dressing for
either is the Thomas phosphate or
basic Stag. as 1t Is also called. as this
carries from 40 to 90 per cent Of lime
Both are fond OF lime. and the sweet
ening effect of the lime greatly en-
courageS the nitrogen fixing bacteria.
Putting the land In sofa beans after
the second cutting Of the alfalfa would
make you rather late in getting the
alfalfa in. I think that 1t would be
better to pillow the alfalfa after the
first cutting and then SOW an early
variety Of cowpeas. like the New Ere,
Grout or Whippoorwill, and turn these
down In August and harrow ton
of slaked lime an acre. and then apply
400 pounds of acid phosphate and forty
pounds of muriate OF potash an acre
and SOW the alfalfa tho last of August
or early September. You can do this
with perfect success. Or you can
thicken the alfalfa by disking II In tho
spring and sowing more seed. and then
applying the acid phosphate and pot
ash, and roll the sod tight again.
believe that in this way you can
thicken up the alfalfa without break
ing it up. Simply dislting will often
have a good effect. but the sowing
OF more seed Is desirable.
Sugar Peas.
IT am thinking of planting some
sugar peas for shipping. Please tell
me the best variety?" The best sugar
pen, 'or edible pod pea, is tho Giant
Sugar pea. This grows tall and needs
support. The White Dwarf Sugar pea
Is also good. but rather later. What
tho market demand Is for this class of
peas cannot say. Every scotsman
has varieties with special names, but
the above ara as good AS any N