Show LEACHING CAUSES BIG LOSS leaving manure in pile reduce reduces its it plant food value it should be spread on ground fifty per cent of the value of manure Is lost by leaching it if it ie Is left in a pile for six 1 months ays says FL IL 1 I throckmorton assistant professor of soils in the kamsat state agricultural college to get the greatest value from manure it should be spread directly on the ground so as to give the rain a chance to wash the plant food into the soil sell piling the manure in the field to bo scattered later Is to not a good plan the place where the pile lay will be so enriched that small grain will lodge it planted there the jabor Is also increased it Is a good plan advised probes eor sor throckmorton to spread manure thinly as a top dressing for wheat or alfalfa land during the fall or win ter it Is also valuable as a top dressing on plowed ground but should be harrowed it Is better to put 40 tons of manure on four acres than 40 tons on otto one acre if it much live clock stock ts is kept on the farm the bottom of an old straw should shoula not be used on the field ue it for bedding first and it will be greatly Jn creased in value |