The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-05-06

A farmer who sells hay sells, on the
average, fertility to the amount OF one
half the market value of the crop; II
he sells grain, about one-fourth the
value Of the crop, while If milk IS soiu
he receives 90 times as much for II as
the value Of the fertility contained.
Where cream is sold less than per
cent Of the fertilizing value of the feed
is sold from the farm.
Four.Fifths Of Plant Food May BE
Saved.
Under a good system of management
about so per cent of the plant food
contained in the crops or feed stu1s
fed to dairy cows is saved and re-
turned to the soil in the form OF
manure. on this basis the value OF
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
contained in the manure resulting from
the feeding Of one ton of the principal
crops or feeds is as follows:
Corn o'o-
u,hoot 100
Oats ...... 7.65
~. Ia Nav 14.7S
Red clover hay .............''. oI4
AItolfo hav ... 1857
+ Soy bean hay ..........''..''' II'VS
Wheel hran ... 1919
TIrsood meal ... 20.1l
Cottonseed meal (S7To protein) 26.SH
The dairy farmer is a purchaser
rather than q seller of grain, ano
thru the purchase and feeding o.
concentrates rich In protein, he Is con
stantly adding much nitrogenA phos
phoric acid and potash to his farm
When he feeds a ton of cottonseet
meal, for example, and properly care
for the manure, he adds to his farm
plant food worth at pre-war prices
S26S9 In the form of manure, or three
fourths as much as the ton OF mea
cost him. If he feeds the crops grow
on his farm and carefully saves th
manure he is not only able to retur
: 10 his land so per cent of the fertIit
removed from his soil by the crops, bu
7 the amount of fertility added thr
the feeding OF purchased concentrate
is very great
: Farmers Net More For Crops.
The farmer who markets his croE
thru a herd of good dairy cows ais
J. receives greater price for them tina
does the farmer who sells them direc
and at the same time makes pro-
ON the feeding of purchased feed
: since a good dairy COW returns ia
= profit over market price Of feed.
= The average dairy COW prodnc
: about L tons Of manure per yea
u worth 1910 per ton, or $500 for Z
: year. on the basis Of the nitoge
II phosphoric acid and potash containe
u But this is not all. for in addition
~ the actual plant food containe
manures are valuable for the organ
IS matter. or the humus, they eonta.
Il This serves to increase the water no
90 ing capacity Of the soil and to impro
~ its mechanical condition In the sal
IS manner as does the turning under
SO green manure crops. The benenc
q effects of manure last much lonl
81 than do the effects Of commercial
81 tSlizers. Hence, the true value
40 manure is really much greater than
O3 Indicated by the above estimate.
IS The farmer who Is improving his
!6S the fastest and most economically
.45 the one who is marketing his cr'
81 thru a herd Of good dairy CO
we saving the manure in 8 careful mani
al and applying it to the best advant
TO In a well-planned crop rotation wa
,rn includes the growing Of legume d
IS the use OF line and some phosphi
the and perhaps the occasional turning
rs. der Of a green crop on very THU is
f. CThis article VIII be followed ~ one
.ity How 10 save the Manure.)