Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-04
JUST SOME AMMUNITION
FOR BOYS CORN CLUB ARMY

Here arc some timely remarks by
T.. Il Kcely. emergency assistant boys
club agent
This is war ti,nc: 10 YOU BOYS know
thai cannon need the same things that
COM does Nitrogen and potash are
bot used in TakiuG powder and high
explosive, as we'll as fertilizer That
IS why fertilizer IS high and hard 10
MAKO more food and h"lD win the war.
What - Tho best fertilizer of all?
You viii say: Manure" II makes
big crops and builds ur the land Put
tho big question Is: How to got il,
and TO get enough Of it," Let m"
tell YOU about manure.
ON most farms half tho manure Is
wasted. What farmer would buy fer
tilizcr and leave it out In the rain 10
wash away? Vet often as much IS
three -four;hs Of the manure made by
Tho farm animals IS lost and never
-ots back 10 the land. Think OF tho
hiC crops YOU could make on Your
farm if you had twice as much ma
manure this year. What would Won
think Of a soldier who inst lost hal;
tn" bullets his captain gave himr
Hero is Your chance. corn club hogs
OF Virginia We want YOU to demon.
straic." 90 that this lost manure can
hc saved: 90 that. by better care.
moro manure can h" gotten from the
Same amount 81 live stock; t9p that
This wcll-Car'd-for manure viii be
richer and stronger. This VIII help
Cnclc sam and pay you.
How is this manure wasted? Al
most half Tho for,ilizing value of ma
nurc IS tho liquid part. This easily
drains away ana is lost. II can ~
saved by Keeping the stables well he J.
dcd-to soak j., up. fielding tho stu
hlcs makes moro manure and soakiur
M the liquid makes it richer. Leaves.
straw pine tags. corn stalks. even
broom -Scdgc arc not only valuable TO-.
soaking up liquid but also for the
plant food they contain. 1t pays :,
usc bedding.
Manure is wasted again when +, is
thrown ont oC III" stables I'm u pile.
exposed 10 Tho rain. Half the vau"
of the solid matter can quickly he
washed out IN this way. ana AL 81
tho !iguid COW manure dropped in
lot. exposed 10 tho weather even d
few weeks. loses thrce-fourths Of it2
value Keep the COWS under n shed
when possible Fed tho shed well -
soak M tho liquid. i'0u will he sur
prscd To dnd how much more ma
nurc you get. and how rich it is
Sat how can YOU got manure Cor
your acre? Her" is tho plan SHOW
this letter 10 YOUR father. Make tina.
bargain with him-that If YOU rake
up leaves and pine tags cut up corn
stalks. get broom scdgc. or something.
viii give you enough manure for your
acre. lie Will be glad 20 make this
bargain with YOU.
We want Won poys 10 use manure
on your aero. 1t is the hest fertilizer.
and tho natural ccrtili2cr. Som. on-
may Say: Anyone can make good
,rors If They use manure" This il
trur-aud everyone should do it. hat
hey don't. The care and use OF ma
nure l. Oh" Of the most valuable les
sons YOU can learn in Nc corn club.
We want YOU to use manure. but not
Just 10 ask vow father for some. When
YOU cram manure by saving what would
"thcrw3S" 20 to waste. YOU arc rear.
helping 90 WIN the war Uncle Sam
lis depending on you corn club boys -,
help increase food production Eut If
YOU beg manure already made. or buy
fertilizer when good manure is going
20 vast" at home. you arc hclpin;;
like soldier WHO shoots his gun "a
tho air. American soldiers do NOT
fight that way.
You relatives and friends arc fight
ing to win the war. You are farming
70 win it, Manure is valuable anmu-
milton for tn" Soldiers Of the soil
Save il aHd use it. Talk il over with
your father and get busy AT once