Show NEGLECT IN preserving MANURE at J I 1 12 i h Q j k WASTEFUL METHOD OF HANDLING MANURE rrt Ite pared by tho the united states department of agriculture no farming people have ever loen been able economically to maintain tle life fertility of their hilr sells without the uso of live stock farming without with 0 ut the use 0 of f manures is a n waste of and results in tho the exhaustion of bolln the neglect in preserving find and increasing the quantity of farm manures tins resulted in ij a great d gala pu oil tho the natural resources or the MB american merican ferni especially ally lit in tile ho southern part of tile the I 1 flutes ape tic luck lack of intelligent care of f abc waste 8 to products and the 0 convenient form of commercial cortil ezers have jointly been responsible tor for the almost ili general neglect of farm manures A much greater value can be 10 had from commercial fertilizers aheu used wisely lit in connection with manure tind green crops the use of ba inyard is the best means of improving tile condition af pf tile the and the importance of carefully preserving all tho manure products on tile the farm for judicious use on oil the hn cultivated fields cannot bu be too strongly impressed on the farmers one of the principal ru nona tor for tile the small value sometimes realized from manure of any kind is tint that it tins not been properly handled and through exposure ind neglect tins hns lost a large percentage of its plant food probably from 76 75 to 00 90 per cent of the 1 fertilizing er utilizing til izing unlue of a crop in t alie manure utter after passing through the animal since the fertilizer in soluble fo form rill an and 1 I the manure quickly begin to ferment auh WI tit loss of nitrogen we it have somo some idea of why it Is of the utmost importance to protect tho the manure supply front from leaching by rains excessive fermentation or from other sources of loss the cornell university experiment station found that its as much as GO 60 per cent of the plant food constituents in manure may he be lost by leaching and unnecessary fermentation the problem Is how best and most economically to to prevent this loss the best plan where it Is practicable Is to haul out the lie nina manure tire regularly spread it upon the land aind plow it under the best results usually are obtained by turning tinning under shallow the next best plan Is to keep the stock under sheds sheda or lit in stables with sulli clent litter to absorb all liquids this treatment mil not only ako up moisture but tile the continual trampling of the animal will all exclude till all air so BO that the accumulation may go on without injury to its quality until a convenient time to remove and it on the land tho the littey or waste matter used md for bedding not ell only ly serves its ita purpose in helping to preserve the manure immure but adds con sider ably to it when neither of theme liese plans con le be advantageously used it cheap shed conveniently located may inny bo be substituted and till nil manure curried carried to it Is removed renio ml cure care must be token taken to prevent present heating which holcli Is likely to happen when hen horse predominates this can bo be remedied by adding water w when hen needed i while tile the farmer may buy plant food lit in the form forin of commercial fertilizer ti it will not have BO nn in effect on oil the crops is as nn nil equal 11 lit in barnyard manure inn nure the commercial fertilizers to do not add vegetable mutter matter to do not promote bac berlat activity and to do not correct mechanical ch defects of tile the soil boll to the same extent us its manure inn nure A ton 2000 pounds of well preserved manure from it well fed horse contains about 08 98 pounds of nitrogen 52 pounds of phosphoric phosphor le acid ind and 90 96 pounds of potash assuming a value of 20 cents a pound for nitrogen and five cents a pound each for phosphoric add acid and potash tills this plant food would cost it bought in the lie form of commercial fert fertilizer illier manure produced by stock it tins has been estimated that the various classes of farm finlin animals als will produce about the following quantities of solid and liquid manure during a year quantities of manure produced la in a jear year by farm animals solid anima animal pounds s I 1 pounds ands noun I 1 lorse horsa awo cow sheep sliced GO ing alff moo 1800 1200 by ic epping stables of horses and cows well bedded alth litter the above quantities of manure can call be greatly increased the amount and value of the gen phosphoric acid and potash in manure produced by different kinds of farm animals tire are shown in the accompanying I 1 compa nying table while tile tho actual plant food contained in n ton of well preserved barnyard manure Is worth at least le it la Is safe to say that the farmer will derive nearer 4 worth of good from it barnyard manure not only furnishes plant food but greatly tin improves the mechanical condition of tile the soil boll and multiplies beneficial bacteria composition AMOUNT AND VALUE OF MANURE PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT KINDS OF FARM ANIMALS amount and value analysis Anat pounds ler per ton per er 1000 gounds dounda of 0 2 2000 DOD poun pounds live t wel weight t per day and year faitte valne rounds pounds value value altro choric per per per per animal water gen acid potash ton dr day OR day ar horse 98 52 96 1 2600 cow 11 1 I fo 86 68 83 88 23 uso at SO sheep I 1 78 pig ilg 78 64 83 1701 2701 |