Show KEEPING KEEPING MANURE IN N WINTER its ita val value ue as fertilizer depends upon manner of its distribution how handled k by A U D wilson university farm st bt paul glnn one ot of the important problems on the farm la Is to conserve its as much of the fertility as possible and still produce good crops it la Is well recognized that one of the best beat ways of doing tills this la is to feed tile live stock a large proportion of the crops grown find to return the byproduct by product manure 10 the lind this brings up the im por tant question of how best to lian ban idle lie this manure so BO that it will wheat conserved colt 1 ser vedY 1 it t la Is quite generally considered now that the most economical way both as aa to the economy of labor and 06 ments of fertility Is to haul the manure tri anure direct from tile the barn to the meld field in the northern states there are of course some days in IB the winter when it la Is difficult to get the manure onto the field Ilo however wever every day that it Is possible manure should be hauled directly to lo the field and spread there are two ways by which the fertilizing value Is lost the tha first Is ly by heating and tho the second la Is by leaching it if manure Is left in piles about the barn it soola begins to heat especially it if it contains a I 1 large arge 1 proportion of horse manure when it hents heats the manure la Is decomposed rind ond the element of most value altro n ro gen Is ie lost in the he form of gas in the spring and early summer if manure la is lying about the yards whore where rain can fallon it much of the he fertility Is reached out and carried aw away ty it manure Is spread on the flold flohil directly from the barn heating la Is prevented until the manure Is covered up in the soil then any elements that are liberated by decomposition are taken up by the soil and saved when manure la Is spread out on the held field it dries out and ta as P the larger part of the manure la Is in insoluble form even it if I 1 it t does rain orl on the holds very little I 1 erti fertility lity Is washed flashed out because it Is not soluble it does not become ole until covered up in the ground where tt it Is kept lipat moist and where do composition lom position can take tahe place then he leaching leaves the fertility in the soil where it is used considering these thee facts and the net act that manure Is handled fewer imes when hauled direct from the barn to the field makes it quite evident that from tho the standpoint or of economy this I 1 Is tho practical way of un manure |