| Show SHORT HOME coulm COURSE sn I 1 IN LIVE L I 1 vv E STOCK FARMING F A w 1 km 1 l N 6 C V gregory expert gives some valuable information on live stock farming and fertility erti lity of the soil HERE allt grail 14 1 4 annn W 4 foi tilt it cumin r of t i ts is s til th boll zoll dermat derm rt ili yielding it tile eidl tice Is kept ill ti the yields ields becore io u to low as to it b and tilt land is to be tio oll the tile fact 1 Is 14 4 it ft is not urn out olit an tilt more than a la Is worn sorn out ahu lien it he becomes collies too lull to cut ut both the tile sickle and tile null soft need a amount of before the we in siepe to use atwith in the case of the soil liture will ili restore it to its original liv 4 gi it kig V HOW 14 if glen dine crops of ltd 4 will N spring ill ii make inake it consider ible ato growth I 1 it and die tile down don and rot in ili tile lie course of it few feu airs the ali supple i ill bo lie ri loI locktu tl up tit emruth 1 of fer t it I 1 allt I 1 11 uMilI 1 ible ud td t tin 11 field ill ill produce profitable cropf crops if rotation Is pratt icid so as to acri up the on oil the sol soil ith clover or boine some other legume to 1 either ither tilt from crom tit air flit sol of will continue lut tl e for it glint it tinie thile ebli thell it not keep on oil felding profitable cholm alwa 4 houi nir nirmal lal mi fill kielp to tae oft I 1 he lip da adji ft f I 1 pC holling but after the fanned li it is contributed hundred li 4 of dollars dollar 4 to the oketa 4 of the tile fertilizer he fall ind thil thit men till A in tui thod of lt cannot be lie depended id upon keeping the soil productive t there are three factors factor on oil which illch the productivity of the tile oll toll t primarily depends depend athe tho jil lount of callable mal lable eril enl plant food tieni ent Ihl which 11 it contains its Phi skill cal condition and the amount of mol it will hold IN M I 1 if olle of I 1 tit chri e mot important t li n ants 4 in ill tin the soil call cnn bo be obtain d from the tho ilir in ili by the its of le guilles mich such as cloer and fit I 1 lie fit other two pho chollis aud ut juin tire present in ili most bolls lu ili fairl fairly large qu entitles although altho uRh nim th h of the tile supply NUIJI 1 Is 14 4 in form forin good COCO and well ind rotations do enuch to make t elements it i a liable hen the total supply bi totne 4 low it can call be re renewed need b the of fertl lizea llila A 14 all bokter bow hoi ter fier tint thit fertilizers tili will iiii do uhe will not lot lm im prokp the Wis condition of the soil nor increase its holding capacity ihu llie ilse of liberal alti of clover in th tilt rotation will udd add to the hunius 1 of the soil soll mid and so increase its moisture holding humus acts like a sponge foraging a it atoru for satar that would othe otherwise be wasted diso also the physical condition of the soil golf making it lighter and mellow er tak tale a at of clay and a of rich black 11 surface soil wet et them thoroughly and place them then in 10 the tilt sun suit when the clay Is dry it will vill be bulked almost aa as bard hard as a brick while a little stirring will nill make the black dirt wi mellow as eer this difference in the tile two bolls 14 1 due solely to humus the humus supply cannot be main talked by the use of clover unless a crop la Is plowed under at frequent intervals it takes consid considerable emble time it for tula clover to rot enough to form humus and the turning kjuder or of xo large an amount of green matter at once la Is liable to make male the land sour this condition can be corrected by the use of lime but this means trouble anti expense the value of manure 1 ahe I lie onh onis a to keep the soil in the highest possible pos state of productivity Is to keep live lire stock and apply the to the tile land ll 11 irngard manure adds law large niti amounts of the tile elements of fertility to the tile boll soll an average of SO per cent of the nitrogen phosphorus and potassium in tile food eaten enten Is P pissed out in the inan manure tire this tills per Is IR higl jest III fattening ani animals nials tiina lift ai lowest pt in young stock 1 ahe I lie ele ole of removed when whet prill Is sold it us titi ith those ed by ilse stock stok tire re strikingly shonu sho in the following table the he prices of 0 the elements 4 are figura il nt at the imatt rato rate tit tint it would hai have e to be paid if tho the were ere in ili the form forni of fertilizers the ibue beld field of oil one acre Is given glen in tit anth case value of the th nitrogen pho kind hind ot of crop chorus and pota lorn elum contain grain so bushels fu stor two tans lt total la oats grain 60 busti bushels els r 34 4 straw 1 lulls I 1 4 st bt total 10 1 neat heat grain j bushels ta a la to straw I 1 ton at total 12 ri 2 tons I 1 WH 10 14 potatoes Potato ea utis bushels hels lt lb 11 41 lat l at cattle le I 1 OW pounds 4 ti vat hoes hogs I 1 10 OW pounds J I 1 milk ciomo tt WO pounds 1 lull 0 1 i butter pounds 1 ahls tible shotts shojis at 1 I glance the great t iu tons flung it t I 1 otilit standpoint ut of grain in ili the form of use the adding fertilizing utilizing til izing ui tit tte rials to the soil lion ealr la is une one of the in which in nn nure Is it helps tu to batak domi the un minerals it adds cunnig li ninus mid this Is of a kind that illes 4 it 11 alil with witt the boll ihns the tho tl ind find atti holding lilt 11 10 ut of th tilt soil oll art are lii prod tell tieu worp thin clavir Is umcil in stead of Illg under clola it can I 1 be fed leil 1 ahe hi resulting in inure t ull ill do the tile OSt as good as its the cad ifould n anid if tuond madr ihus both tin ili kittling lIng and i it I 1 ties are obtained front it by using it ruti tion nith lover and buding all the rough feed and most of tile grain on oil the farm the soil call be brought up to a very high state of product iv it and kept there for un an indefinite period of lime tillie ID ili nn at at the ohio expert luent went zihere here manure vas ap tip ier r thrle ye irs to i rotation of torn heat and aloer nt tit the rite of eight tons to the acre the tile average inert Iner asse tahe in it iced vaa 14 7 bushels of corn Ius bushels hels of licit and ai S pounds pontiff of clover bover the value of the anti inti based yields due to the eight tons of manure is as 17 1732 32 or 2 17 ier wr ton for the in manure anure this nas for tit inure that was as obtained in the open bard ard ani inure that bad been tramped train ped down in shida here it ft as under shelter lilt had a it balue of per ton too in Inc teas ed crop leads the results obtained ou on a little run down farnill farni fin ln strikingly sho what shat tan can be done with ith manure this farm farin wis nis so badly exhausted that it would produce scarcely anything dairying was uns introduced and the manure applied to the land after a few jears of such treatment and without the th addition of any commercial fertilizers whatever whit ever the productivity of the farm farin was so greatly increased that nn no annual revenue of to the acre was as received from froin it the effect of inin manure nure continues for a great many beir after ita its application experiment experiments with and land bae hate shown that the tile yield in the plots was as considerably sider alder ably greater twenty years yeam after the last just application of manure waa wax made applying manure the beat best results are obtained how hon pier when manure Is applied f frequently and in comparatively small ani amounts for the ordinary field crops nn nu application of eight lonn tons to the acre Is sufficient at one time to pet get tb required amount on each esch acre and to get it applied evenly ft spreader N 1 a necessity manure spread evenly over the ground 1 Is 14 4 much more effective than that thrown about in j altja i pia rio VI PILES IN iv OPEN largo large chunks chunh 4 its 1 Is 13 3 usall d done one with a pitchfork pitch foik still worse morse Is the tace of dropping dropp tn the unsure ure lu ill piles len lel lenlie lillig liK it liell rl all winter minter and then the toward irell spring Irl Ll scattering it about alt 11 a fork in ili addition to spread spreading hig the inure more wore ieni the breider sp pr reider eider ali t urk enough to ernut all alm in n ulio lisis 1114 4 antoci 1 in ill buying ono one 1 I id he sprinkler Kler ile 1 kept in ill ilse pricile illi flit air round manuro left it in flit lie open urd for 1 loses spirl in lilt if IN its alue Mati mannii tite itla ili gliedt does lops not liot lose in bilut in tit irl rl so u A praet practice ice bat that Is 1 bunai times rollo followed ned on diary barnis la Is to alme i shed in tit connection knitli U flit the b birti grit helping tuo the cows in ahli alicd most of the turning them into the birti w only long enough a to be d A plin il ii tint Is to lo tills ix 1 it hae it u over the door tin flit 1 14 4 abron out 1 ahe I he al sp c idor an bo ile bucked backed into this ON shed aind tin flit mantere ina nur loaded diree on oil tr to it it esons e of the year chell timure an bi bt spread directly upon the flefil itt r other timea the ni inure call cnn IH he th throan rui out into the shad and ifft I 1 here until it nn in bo be lisull |
