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Show heap. It is also well to keep it under a roof so moisture conditions can be controlled. For farms without pits or sufficient shed room, a good plan is to pile the manure into a heap with perpendicular perpendicu-lar sides, ,a flattened top with center slightly lower than the sides, and to keep it thoroughly compact. Tramp it regularly, and during hot summer days add water occasionally to prevent pre-vent heating and fermentation. Guard against storing manure under the eaves of the barn, and never allow it to be thrown carelessly careless-ly into a loose heap; because such procedure, is not alone wasteful, but makes an unsightly . barnyard. Peter Nelson, Utah Agricultural Experiment Ex-periment Station. most common methods of storage. The enormity of this waste is greatly great-ly emphasized when one conisders that fact that the beneficial effects of manure is distinctly noticeable five years after its application - to the land. The best methods handling handl-ing manure is to spread it on the land as soon as it is produced. This is not possible at all times. It often becomes necessary to store manure from one to several months during the year, and it is essential, during such periods, to take proper precautions precau-tions to prevent loss. There are several methods used in storing manure. In Europe the cement bottomed manure pit is an important part of the farm equipment. equip-ment. The same is true in the older trucking sections of America. But the pit is not of much value if the manure is dumped into it loosely. An important point to be remembered is that air must be excluded from the MANURE LOSES HALF ITS VALUE IF NOT PROPERLY STORED It has been demonstrated by experts ex-perts that during a period of siv months 42 per cent of the value ol . farm manure has been lost bv th'. |