Show jarm fw jS arf rM THE application OF bent are obtained when oae t aluk a crop groer when abo manure supply is limiter lit is n rulo in tho ordinary farmis that abo years supply of manure I 1 not be concentrated upon a few acre with the idea of malting the one ei email field fertile for a nun boer of years this is often done hi plan being to manare another poor earh the next your and thus hate a few acre abundantly able to produce a arop of potatoes or corn tho objection to the plan are twofold the owner ol 01 bo average sized farm with usual anan city of manure cannot keep up fer t ho whole farm in this way and tb manure will give far better returns U used tu make H mandrial mann rial crop prow the application of 23 to 40 loads of ma nure to an aero will make it possible tc grow a big crop but while the phanh appropriating a email portion of th plant this manure a good portion is leaching into tho ahns writes an ohio farmer jhc expressed express ea additional opinions iu a corn to country gentlemen H bays the manure from tho stable accomplishes comp lishes much more when it is used ai a sort of equalizer over the fields helping the thin portions to shade with clover and to form a sod that aiu furnish needed humus for future crops the truth is made plain by our scientist hat coils elaborate their own for future crops in great measure and the skill of the farmer comes in needed in assisting the boil by furnish ing the plants needed or the tillage needed or a little soluble plant food t give the soil a start it is coming to be understood that the best farm practice demand the use of iho manure on all the thin land that is being en has been seeded to clover or grass ci other plant that will be used to furnish gorganio matter to the soil the market gardener wants the manure fermented and ready for immediate use As his supply from the city is nearly unlimited and he depends directly upon abo manure for the fertility needed by his crops this practice paya him but the farmer works under different conditions his land lies in grass 01 clover a year or two preceding tho ow in which a plowed crop is grown and the manure that is spread on the clovea or grass disintegrates and is used up by the roots in the sod the loss and expense that attend the rotting of manuia in pits are unnecessary in the farberg far case and benco there is no better tim to scatter manure than when taken from the stable it then contains more plant food than it ever will again no mattai how carefully it may to preserved tin only exception to this rule that requires attention is in case the surface of the ground is full of water and hard frozen under those circumstances there is danger of loss from wash by rains it I 1 probable however that the loss arora thia in this country la not equal to one tenth of 1 per cent of tho ioba ol 01 fertility iu barnyards bara yards barn ventilation the accumulation of frost and be resulting moisture on abo roofs of barns is due chiefly explains tho farmer to arising from he housed ia the barn there have been note cases of barus cellars when finished up tight where tha roofs lo up with frost daring urn cold weather ni extent as to wn lr serious damage later to the hay stored beneath the stock aro continually throwing off which at bouce rises to the point and finding no means of escape freezes to abo cold roof and there till a thaw when it melts and falls on the hay anlow tho barn collar may iu creasa abo amount in small measure but ia sot the prime cause tho lobody is give tho moist air a chanco to escape or dry it out by a draft of air through the barn loft both of which processes are covered in the one word ventilation A ventilator on the roof corrects the at alio the fact that hen tested with tuberculin by massachusetts cattle commissioners by the owners request during the past five months demonstrates on conclusively to the new england hat compulsory tuberculin is not necessary the optional uso of this diagnostic is apparently sufficient for nil purposes BO long na abo state pays full compensation la other words tho farmers have shown that when rights and are respected they aro perfectly willing to cooperate m the work of reducing disease but they wont submit to being overridden roughshod by petty officials ex in other states also proves both those Ilai iter aa nn plaster tho common commercial plaster so called is nit excellent absorbent of escaping ammonia iu horse cattle or cheep stables and also around all accumulations mu lations of excrement wherever found A sprinkling of it over tha of floors absorbs all odors ant anam muck road dust and the like will do tho same thing and in like manner hold tho escaping ammonia for aso as plant food As to which should bo is a question of cost the TISO of muck alno and dry it possible can a high endorsement indorsement indor value of potato shall I 1 sell my potatoes at present low price or feed them is a frequent query acre is the maine farmers answer to it sell them every time if a market can lio found compared with other sleek food articles potatoes cannot ba i orth for feeding more than 7 cents n bushel |