The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-12
Conservation OF Manure.

naDltS OF tne 1adS OF others
We see this in all fields-all classes
--all walks of life, and the farme.
Is no exception to the rule. One farm
er will plant corn in rows bacause
other farmers are doing il. Another
will plant in hills for the same rea.
son rather than because of personal
investigation and decision based on
his own experience.
Occasionally there is an Edison
among the land owners and the men
who till the soil of this country, and
We also find here and there Bur
bank. These are the fellows who
gradually change. not only the face of
the earth, but the conditions lying
Immediately under the face which
have to do with the producing value
, of the earth's surface.
We hear much and often of how
the telephone. the rural mail deliv-
, cry and the automobile are lifting
: the farmer into his real true sphere
and making a better business man of
that class OF American citizens who
, supply this country with the products
OF the soil. The rural mail delivery
,, is a great thing. but 1t is my opinion
that most farmers should dispense
with ii many times, rather than to
, dispense with the money values found
,, in everyload of manure that can be
conserved and placed where the grow
ing crops will have access to this
food.
The telephone has come to be al
most indispensable. everyday ne
cessity. but we all know it could be
eliminated and forgotten and still
leave this country in much better
shape than would be the case II we
were to dispense with even small
pari of the enormous values that
come annually to our growing crops
as result of the careful conserva-
ton and proper distribution of barn
yard and feed-Iot manure. The au-
tomobile Is the latest and perhaps one
of the greatest OF all machines at
the command OF the farmers for
his general betterment. This ma
chine. however. will quickly drop
back to second place when compared
with the enormous values and great
benefits Of farm manures which lie
within the reach of the men who
make a business of manufacturing
grain and animals.
The manure of our farms, which
is under the control and at the dis
pOSal of the owners of these farms.
represents such an enormoas value
that II is hard to even estimate this
value in dollars. Without the fer
tilizing worth of farm manures our
lands would soon de4eriorate to an
extent that would make it impossible
for the nation to exist. Manure sal |
ne. like labor. like capital. like any !
is of great value, can be greatly in I
creased by proper care and efficiency |
methods. Waste and carelessness in !
the products of the soil, al |
lowing them TO deteriorate and caus-
ing financial loss thereby.
There is nv manufacturing plant
IN the world today that equals the
farmers manufacturing pant. the
factory where he produces his grains
md horses and cattle and other
.hings from the soil. Efficiency
methods are necessary if he keeps up
With other lines of manufacturing
business and the place where he can
practice efficiency most is in the
of the fertility of the
oil-the storehouse from which his
product comes. The available ma
rure should be care fully conserved.
every pound should be utilized and
placed where it will do the most
,ood.
The great deterioration from seep-
ge and from atmospheric exposure
hould bp avoided, and the only way
~ do THIS is to get the manure cnto ,
hr land just as soon as possible al !
e. II IS produced, therefore the need |
or Ca'ly or at least weekly haullng I
h! j,is vast resource. No man WHIT
ad grain to sell would think of
sitin,; Il lay out in the weather and {
Ise large per cent OF its value be- Q
D"" putting it on the market. No q
iaR who had horses and cattle for {
ale would think of allowing them q
, go hungry and submit them to C
Their Injurious conditions which G
ould reduce their value. but at the I
anne time allow manure to lie until /
ali or twO-thirds of it's value has
isappeared in the form OF absolute 4
aste before they undertake TO make e
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