Show make manure and ancl save it v we do not know which ta Is most generally mafin neglected t the making or the savino saving baving 0 of t in mam mafia a tires ures i the thi farmer farmers never neven seriously bit sit down to s hink hank think how bow they can make cake manure they feed their otheir horses cattle cattie shep and hogs a tain quantity of hay straw stalks and grain A portion of this they know is retained in the animal or is dissipated into the air with the breath and the remainder is eja ejr ctet from the body mixed with more or less water this we call manure put on the land it increases the crops so much is known but what abre more is generally known what wharfs Is manure what is its value ask the first farmer you meet and see it he has ever given the subject any serious consideration ask him hima if he plows under a ton of straw P it if that is good manure and he will tell you that it is not worth much ask him if he be feeds that one ton of straw to cattle it if it is good manure then and he will probably answer yes but bat itis it is not it is as much straw in the one case as in the other if the original straw was worth very little as manure it is certainly worth no more after it has been passed through the body of an animal tile the animal adds nothing to it it may be in a better condition to apply to the land but it contains no more plant food in fact it does not dot contain quit quite as much for the animal has abstracted some portion of the t e food although it is true that the tae greater portion of that which is removed t has i biot rot much value the he vender ender ot of a patent apparatus for toc steaming food recently told us that the increased value ot the manure would of itself pay all the expenses of steaming hay bay straw cornstalk etc the poor man was evidently vi dently in earnest but we could not help laughin laughing at him bim we tried to explain thit that if the f food bof did not tot lot contain the requisite elements to make gool goo 1 manure manu reali reail all ali the cooking in the world would not develop them if a ton of straw or corn torn stalks contain only 5 ibs lbs of nit nitrogen romen rowen the manure made from it can contain no more we told him that he might rot it cook it digest d ige ise lse st it or do what he pleased with it and he would hava bava only the 5 lbs ibs of nitrogen he could not make rich manure by steaming food that does not contain the requisite elements you cannot make a whistle out of a pigs till it ill lii idyes yes I 1 can he be replied for a wo man in our town has done don 1 e iti and he left thinking that he had dechdel decidedly de cidely y the best of the aument argument what we wish to urge upon the consideration of the readers of the genesee farmer is this to make rich manure you must feed rich food toe the manure made 3 bushels of peas is worth more than that made from a ton of straw one ton of clover hay will make manure worth as much as that made from four tons of straw or stalks we ve mut must not be understood as underrating the importance of straw on the farm it is a valuable article indispensable to the success ful fui and economical management of cattle or shep ahe p but do not suppose bupp ose obe that straw or stalks alone will make good manure john r johnston johneton whose successful practice we have so eo often referred to is careful to preserve his straw and have his yards well littered with it but he eeds feeds f out large quantities of grain oil cake clover hay etc and in this way ma kesrich manure what had you for din ner toda to da asked pat Bee beef beeland fand and potatoes replied his friend faith sad he be an that was just what I 1 had barring the beef many farmers are just as careful to preserve their straw as john Johnsto nand their manure manum heap is just as is good as his barring the nitrogen or ammonia of the oil cake corn and clover hay bay what grains ra na make the ric iest manueli manue manu eli ely beans and an peas make richer manure than any other plants we grow corn barley oats and wheat about halt hait as good clover hay but not far behind then ordinary hay bay which is quite gulte inferior to clover hay bay and then staw etaw stalks etc pea and bean straw make I 1 rich tich manure one ton is worth three or four tons of ordinary straw for this purpose I 1 having got the manure save it how is this be bet t done some say bay draw it out and spread it on the grass land as fast as it is i made some are careful to preserve it in cellers cell celi irb and others erect the great majority of oe farmers far tar mers mera however keep jt it in open yards this is the least trouble and if the yarda are properly const uc edthe edthe ed the buildings buil bull bulion dingi ngi all spouted so that the manure in the yard i gets no more water thai that the rain which falls i on its surface it can be preserved in this way without wt vt hout loss let the droppings of the dif i ferent animals be mixed to ethay some farmers throw the horse dun into heap a by itself and in this case great loss is sustained by excessive beating were it mixed with the cod cold sluggish hog manures manure this would be I 1 avoided and both would be improved gen ed esc farmer |