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Show GROUND GYPSUM. r reel lest Baperleaee la Uelasj It ts Ateaatasjs (he liable. Ground gypsum, according to t Canadian Ca-nadian farm Inveatlgator, may undoubtedly un-doubtedly be used to advantage In the table. Tb nltrogenoua compound In th urln by th aid of certain micro orgaulauia, alwaya preaent In tha air, la converted very quickly Into carbonate carbo-nate of tmmoulu. Thia la volatile and will recape If aorna aultable absorbent or fixer la not preaent Uypsum la sue, t fixer, converting the carbonate Into ulpbate of ammonia, which la not volatile. vol-atile. lractlcal roucluslona from expert niente are (1 that tha proper place to use gypsum Is In tbe stable, where undoubtedly un-doubtedly the greater waste of nitrogen, nitro-gen, aa ammonia, frequently occurs, and (2) that when in manure heap It kept compact and molnt there la not any considerable eacatie of ammonia. Fermentation lucresscd the avslla blJICjr of th phosphoric acid. It It to be noticed that a considerable loaa of potash took place. Thia mutt be dut to a certain amount of drainage from tha manure soaking Into the board Boor. Thia drainage waa no doubt Increased In-creased by the water used In keeping the manure conatautly molat. Tula result re-sult corroborates the couclutlon tr.nt lots of potash cannot lie entirely guarded guard-ed agalnat without a water tight, concrete con-crete floor If the mn nure Is to be kept tuolat by rain or artltlclal means A Meeable Feaee. When I waa a boy, my father had a I movable fence live botmla ht-h, a j panel of which la ahuvrn In tht Ulnara- uovibli rs-irs. tion, taya an Ohio Farmer correspondent. correspond-ent. No poata are needed except at the start. Two men with team can move a lor' string of this fence lu a very sh-. time. Aa I rememlier It ws used a si ftwb' board at the bottom aud nvr Inch for j the rest, but they can all 1 thtf same width. We mailu panels twelve, four-I four-I teen or sixteen feet long, i no panels are all built alike, and tin ,.nJ of one locks Into the end of the text. When the panels are then strolaened out, I the fence Is locked. It U a greut convenience con-venience on any farm. |