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Show VALUE OF POULTRY MANURE Excellent for Corn on Account of Largs Percentage of Available Nitrogen It Poasease. Poultry manure has twice the value of horse or cow manure. It is especially espe-cially valuable for corn soli, since It possesses a large per cent, of available availa-ble nitrogen, the cluiiicnl requited In greatest quantities. It Is a good ma mire for hotbeds. Hut this nmiiur itiUht not liu applied to growing plains; It will injure them. It must bo ! worked into the toll before plant i l"g. If poultry manure can be ohtulucd j in abundance il will be a temptation j to load It i ll a manure spreader und : haul It to the Held. Hut no manure j spreader can handle It successfully j unleH it Is mixed with coai'oo cow or ; horse manure. It Is better to follow hi' old "uruihtroiig" method -apply It l,y shoveling from (he ordinary wagon. This fives you the advantage of controlling con-trolling the thickness of application. The held t-hould not be plowed very deeply after the manure is applied. It woiild be much better to barrow It In, but a shaliow plowing Is satlslac i toiy. Many (lies of he.i manure are at lowed to go to waste on the farm because be-cause the results from Its application were not natli-factory. If applied ac cording to these Instructions, bearing In miid that It Is rich in nitrogen, the increased production will be gratl fying. |