The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-12-29
OUR POULTRY
DEP ARTMENT
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Conducted by S. r. Porter
Mallet Creek. Ohio

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fers and poultry raisers save their
poultry droppings in a manner3to Gel
theirAfull value as a fertilizer. In
majority of cases they are allowed
TO accumulate for 4 long time before
removing from the poultry house al
1 all, and they are pitched out Of doors
in d hurry, to be left, to lie and leach
from rains, until all value il remov-
ed from them; and ii is not at all
unconlmors to find a farmer who does
not remove the hen manure from his
chicken house but once a year, and
then il is dumped on q load Of barn
yard manure while drawing it To the
field, which often brings a lot Of
droppings right in one place, and un-
less spread very thin brings too
much fertilizer in one place, on ac-
count Of the droppings being many
times stronger in manurial value than
barnyard manure. Si.- ss ",
There is one thing we must keep
in mind, that poultry droppings must
not be allowed To heat ia the least
degree, as the ammonia scoontained ir
them, and there is a lot Of il, is
easily liberated BY their getting wei
Or damp from any cause. In no
case should we allow the droppings to
accumulate from roosting at night,
ito mix with the litter on the floors.
Where no dropping board is used
it tis hard to prevent this and the hens
while scratching ir the litter fol
grain thrown to them soon spread the
droppings over the entire floor space,
making it very filthy. There is
two ways to save the droppings 50
there will be little loss to them by
holding. the winters supply over
until time to apply them to crops il
the spring. The most practicalway
is to use the dropping board and re-
move its contents every morning,
which takes but a few moments. 10
do this supply Of road dust Of dry
earth should be kept on hand and a
liberal sprinkling Of it spread ever
the dropping board each time after
the droppings are removed. Ther,
should be enough dust or earth incor-
-porated with the droppings to take
up any moisture that may be IN them
so they may be stored in barrels and
boxes till time that they are to be u.s.
ed in the spring. s5sS s2 5sss
~ Method Of Applying
IA We must remember that aoultey
droppings being very strong in ann
monia, should not Be allowed to come
in contact with seed of any kind, that
Is, the pure droppings that have NOT
been diluted in any form. That saw
ed and mixed with dust Or dry earth
is splendid for garden. truck td all
kinds and aon account Of It's Strength
may be applied to crops in the l.ill
with remarkably telling effect. II
diluted sufficiently with road dust it
may be used III the hill before plant
ing, but If rather strong, IT aan be
dropped around sweet corn and pota-
toes, and as soon as they are well out
Of the ground, 4 little going 4 good
ways, the effect Of using the drop
pings in this way is sat once appar-
ent and is also lasting, forcing the
plants into rapid growth, giving them
I the rich Diary color that always ap.
pears on highly fertilized plants.
Its utter folly To plow under drop
pings saved by the dropping board
method. III gets this highly concen-
trated manure tso far from the
plants, Iftto be plowed under, 4
good plan il to mix them with stable
manure, but such manure must bs
kept under A shed somewhere that
it may be kept dry. This mixture
Hts great FOR any kirsd aof crops, and
sif plowed under for some other cror
one year and turned np the next for
potatoes, ii beats most any other kind
,of fertilizer. \ siI ;ssS n
Nj Winter Maturing sof Laying Hens
" There are many kinds of poultry
fountains on the market, each one
singing its own raise. but for ease
Eof cleaning (Which il most irnpor-
!tantl thers Y nothing i n 1lici, \ bettei II Y
Iings side Kind. It,s u good pIan To
build 4 platform. say two loot ScrA 80
Shigh, lib from tle moor, big enough
oyer 10 that with TILL crock sitting
Ia the middle there III 1ooln for the
iens " jusnp up and stand around
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