Show FARMERS OVERLOOK VALUE OF MANURE ON THE ARM YARN ordinary mixed librae and cow ma nure ns as it comes from the table stable eoa talus about pound pt pf dry matter per ion ot of this arl matter earrise about ten pound of nitrogen two pounds of bf phosphorus and eight pounds of potassium these figures lary ary somewhat according to the animals producing it and the tile 0 of the material used for food and bed ding when thia this manure is thrown into un protected piles lilies where tho the eaves caves of tle barn drip onto it animals wallow through it and chero fermentation take takes place most windily there is a great loea loss im fn the plant tood food which is carries about ten founds of nitrogen fertilizing the soil many tests have apen mad made to deter mine the lutent of loss lu in one ease case aw 5 of manure left for one year la in an u pilo pile lost through fermentation and decay twenty seven tone tons in another experiment two tons tous of mal n nure containing 1938 pounds of dry matter after four months exposure to the weather contained only pounds of dry matter the nitrogen der dermaid caid from 48 1 pounds to 27 7 rounds 1 in general it may inal be atatim a that two ton of ordinary stable mature containing contal aini 1000 pounds of fry ery matter mater which carries about twenty pounds nitrogen four pounds and sixteen pounds of potassium after being a for a few to tiie tae will shrink to one ton of df manure containing abou about 4 of arr matter three pounds of phosphorus ana eight pound pounds of potassium tas the pound pounds f organic matter lost ia is just aa as important as the loe lolls of food for it the manure ii Is not allowed tn to ferment until it Is i plowed tinder under the organic aeils formed during the process of fermentation re aeta on the eoll soil particles liberating ad dit ional pant plant food the presence pre senco of the decayed organic matter in the oil soil results in aa an improved anu gnu also ia Z creases to a marked the water holding espa elty of the oll soil 0 L T hirst utah agricultural a station |