Show Bonfires in Fall Destroy Valuable Manure for 1944 URBANA ILL Valuable ma manures for 1944 food crops go up m smoke when hen grass cl cI pp leaves and garden res dues are burned m the fall warns M D Appleman of the department of agronomy Un tint vers ty of ill no s college of agri agn agriculture culture Injun summer IS a del season and would be Incomplete wIthout the haze from the many fan fall fires but these refuse materIals should be made into a compost pile Instead of being destroyed he says saysA A compost heap can be construct constructed constructed ed by placIng bout one fifth to one sIXth of the leaves grass el cl pp or garden residues m in a layer 10 to 12 Inches truck thick Spread Mineral l l h Mixture ture After th s layer has been mOls mois moistened a layer of m mIXture should be spread over It ThIS mIX mIXture mixture ture acts to neutralize aCIds pro pro- produced produced by the process of decomposition tion which the plant materials un tin undergo dergo and to proVIde nitrogen for rap d decay It is composed of 70 pounds of ammOnium sulfate and 75 pounds of limestone to use on a ton dry weIght of organic res dues In order to catch and hold the ram rain the top of the stack should be made concave By keeping the material mOIst roU rott rig ng of the res dues will proceed rap A ton of dry ma material tenal will produce about tons of mOIst artificIal manure If the heap IS made m in early or even late summer the compost will willbe willbe be available for early spring use However If the mater alts aIs are not corn composted posted until late fall when hen tern are low decay will be besho sho v and a ent degree of de decomposition composition may not be obtained by early spring |