Show I I I OX ELDER MAN PERFECTS NEW ST STACKING PLAN Says Manure Stack More Economical Than Old Concrete Pit M lit V Rohwer of Brigham R RF 10 F D B No 1 J has haa perfected a method or of stacking barnyard manure whIch on his farm takes the of the old wasteful method metho t of just piling It Moreover he claim elaime 4 that the tho manure stack tack Is a cheap cheal and I substitute for tor thc concrete manure pit If It one Is la un- un unable un unable able to me meet t the expense of thIS thu latter Mr rr u uses u the usual I amount of or straw as bedding for fOt lila his llIn cows because he ht says sas he I is In the dairy business and wants to keep hi his purebred Jerseys Jersey clean and warm Hell s 19 10 head Six Si of them are un under ler official test through the office of ot R re 11 IL Stew Stew- Stewart Stewart Stew art art county agricultural agent rep rep- rep resenting representing the extension service or of orthe the Utah Agricultural college and It now looks as If It four tour and pos pos- pos sibly possibly five of Mr Rohwer's s prizes will make the advanced registry of the American AmerLean Jer Jersey ey Cattle CaUl clUb a rating which brings joy to the heart of an any Jersey br breeder eder USES PLENTY STRAW W Ills His established practice of using an abundance of straw bedding Is responsible for his present practice ot oh stacking manure The manure from hI his dairy barn contains so ao much straw that Ii he dora docs not net feel justified in tn spreading It at once upon the land Realizing that much of the value of manure Is lost through careless piling an beIng without a a manure pit he conceived the Idea of stacking the fre fresh h manure and allowing It t ts stand for a year to rot before ap- ap applying applying ap applying plying It to the land Thus he be really has hS two manure stacks on his farm all aU of the time time-a time a year year- year old old stack ready for spreading and anda anda IL a new one that grows with th the dally cleanings from irom roni the dairy barn Mr lr Rohwer bild his manure stacks on level ground about 60 50 feet teet away from the barn Each stack Is approximately 23 25 feet fee square and may reach a height ot of f 4 teet during the winter B By th tha time It Is read ready for for- spreading It probably has settled until It it Is 10 no nomore nomore ore non more than 2 a feet high In build build- buildIng building ing log It the sides are kept perpendicular perpendicular perpendicular and somewhat higher all allaround allaround allaround around than the center of the Stack Mack HO TO STACK ST The manure Is ts taken from th- th th barn In a water tight wheel bur wheelbarrow row which prevents undue loss of liquids From the barn to the top of the stack the barrow Is run on planks 12 Inches wide Be- Be Because Because Be Because cause the sides ot or the stack ar higher than the center the loss 0 of r lIquids liquId l Is minimized when the bar bar bar- row Is is dumped into the center or of ocho the stack It is surprising say sayi J Mr Rohwer to see how bow little or of the valuable liquid manure Is lost when taken care of In this s 's And by the following winter th this whole stack Is well weIl enough rotted l to be applied advantageously to th the theland land n 04 |