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Show Best Care of Manure iVI ANUrtE is very perishable and loses rapidly uiub r most conditions from tho time It Is made. If dropped where it is wanted, want-ed, or if ajplnd at once, the loss is the least, Ne farr.n r should be so blind as to cuppose he Is keet lug up tertlllty In proportion as ho feeds kI'.m k, unless he gives the manure proper care: It is getting manure on the land that counts in fertility. When manure cannot be hauled and spread as son as produced, it Is best j reserved by the deep stnll system t letting It accumulate under the animal's feet, with plenty of bedding for any desired tlnm-i. Thi system seems especially es-pecially adapted to wlnu-r fi-edlng in mixed farming. Nitrogen Is lUc principal element in manure, and the full value of manure in secured only when It Is applied to land nti-dlng nitrogen. l"r-nir t. vi--. |