Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1921-07-08

A farmer who sells hay sells, on the
average fertility to the amount of one.
half the market value of the crop; If
he sells grain, about one-fourth the
value of the crop, while if milk is sold
he receives 26 times as much for 1t as
the value of the fertility contained.
Where cream is sold less than 2 per
cent Of the fertilizing value of the feed
Is sold from the farm.
Four-Fifths of Plant Food May Be
Saved.
Under good system of management
about 80 per cent of the plant food
contained in the crops or feed stuffS
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:
"sSss - O'OAs
wheat ''..........,.'.... 1870
OdlS ''''...''.'....'., Ito
Cow pea hay .................1 47S
Red clover hay ........ STA
Alfalta nay RECOMMENDATIONS. 1857
Soy bean hay .................11 O0
Wheat bran ................... 1912
+ ,ipSnad rnaa1 90 IN
CottoR6eed meal (S7% prOtein). 26.89
The dairy farmer is purchaser
rather than a seller Of grain, and
thru the purchase and feeding of
concentrates rich In protein, he is con.
stantly adding much nitrogen, phos-
phOric acid and potash to his farm.
When he feeds q ton of cOttonSeed
meal. for exampS, and properly cares
for the manure, he adds to his farm
plant food worth at pre-war prices,
$3.50 in the form of manure, or three
fourths as much as the ton of meal
cost him. If he feeds the crops grown |
on his farm and carefully saves the
manure he is not only able to return
to his land 80 per cent of the fertility
removed from his soil by the crops, but
the amount of fertility added thru
the feeding Of purchased concentrates
Is very great.
Farmers Net More For crops.
The farmer who markets his crops
-hru herd of good dairy cows also
receives a greater price for them than
Ices the farmer who sells them direct,
md at the same time makes a profit
IN the feeding of purchased feeds,
'1nce good dairy cow returns q fair
'rotit over market price of feed
The average dairy COW produces
bout II tons of manure per year,
worth $2.75 per ton, or $500 for the
ear, on the basis Of the nitrogen,
hssphoric acid and potash contained.
Sut this is not all, for in addition to
he actual plant food contained,
lanures are valuable for the organic
natter, or the humus, they contain.
his serves to increase the water mold
az capacity of the soil and to improve s
IS mechanical condition in the same 8
lanner as does the turning under Of 8
reen manure crops. The beneficial
fleets Of manure last much longer
lan do the effects Of commercial fer
liners. Hence, the true value OF {
lanure is really much greater than. Il t
ldicated BY the above estimate. t
The farmer who Is improving bis sou f
le fastest and most economically Is 4
le one who is marketing his crops ;,
lru herd of good dairy COWS,
aving the manure in careful manner
nd applying 1t to the best advantage y
a well-planned crop rotation which u
lcludes the growing of legume hays tt
lie use Of lime and some phosphate. t.
nd perhaps the occasional turning un. n
ar Of a sfeen crop on very thin land q
This article will he followed by one on =
How to Save the Manure.")