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Show WHAT IS FARM MAXTJItE WORTII? In spite of all that hag boon writ-ton writ-ton telling of the value of stable manure thero are many farmers who still neglect to care for this valuable by-product of the farm and spend their money for commercial fertilizer. I do not wish to dlscourago tho use of commercial fertilizer but It should never be used until the Rtable manure Is first taken care of and applied to tho soil, If thoro is not sufficient manuro to moot tho demands of tho farm crops tho deficiency should bo supplied by using commercial fertilizer. fertil-izer. It Is rather difficult to estlmato tho valuo of stable manure In dollars and conts as commercial fertilizers aro valued, since the stable manuro adds much valuable humus to tho soil as well as direct plant food and the commercial com-mercial fertilizer io valued for the direct plant food alone. Dr. Alkmnn Bays that tho humus of tho stable manuro Is worth quite as much to the coll as tho direct plant food. Valuing the phosphoric acid at fivo cents per pound, tho potaah at five conts per pound and tho nitrogen at 15 cents per pound a fair avorago value of the ntablo manure may bo estimated as follows: 10 pounds nitrogen at 15 conts.. 51. 50 10 pounds potash at 5 cents.,.. .50 5 pounds phosphoric acid at 5 cents 25 $2.25 Then if we add the value of the humus, commission charged by agents and freight on commercial fertilizers wo may still be conservatlvo when we double tho commercial valuo of the manuro and count a ton of well-cared well-cared for stable manuro worth ?450 to the farm. Its valuo is not appreciated because it Is a by-product and because farmers farm-ers have fallen Into tho habit of neglecting neg-lecting to properly care for the manure man-ure and apply It Judiciously. The manure whon allowed to accumulate ac-cumulate about tho stables Is In tho way and is a repulsive, bad-smolllng product, but whon drawn to the field and distributed over tho soil by means of spreaders it is out of the way and Ifi also pTcparlng the soil to grow a largo crop. W. H. K. |