Show ABOUT absorbents how they should bo be treated before being applied to land we ste accustomed as aa ii a class to regard anything that colem into the manure hesp heap BS as ad an absorbent an lis my be mors or less set ser vi ceable according to its condition Themore the more porous the object of 0 an absorbent Is to hold and retain the liquids liquid ai the solid portions are themselves absorbents it II Is t plain that the larger the ty of liquid absorbed maj hold held the wore valuable tho the absorbent material plunge a mass maag or of mosa mom into inlo a vessel of water withdraw lt it and then squeeze out the water the amount of water that li has HI been absorbed will be very great now try the same process with band in some suitably contrived vessel for that purpose and also with loam it will purpose Eur bo 0 pose found a anol that the loam absorbs twice as much water as I 1 lie and fiand but a handful of leaves finely cut straw or creven even chopped corn stalla MIA wit will I 1 hold bold more than the earth this teaches tho the importance of utilizing the straw and atalka as aa absorbents sor bents in the manure heap but it Is plain that the floor finer the matter the better loam and band make useful materials also as aa they hey servo serve to d ill 1 vida the tha matter of the heap thereby adding to its lt absorbent capacity every firmer farmer therefore should cut up the a draw for it will thereby y absorb orli a larger proportion of liquid and more easily decompose there the rols Is another important ini Impo polut point which ch is that the liquid causes the he solids to decompose unit and genco the th greater the quantity of liquid absorbed the sooner dooner the solids become available as plant food fineness of 0 I 1 condition la Is almost as essential as a the quality of the tl elements composing compos loc the manure farm yield field and stockman |