Show TO SPREAD OR PILE MANURE answer to question Is IB largely one of location much loss sustained by broadcast scattering by ALVIN KEYSER colorado experiment station the question frequently arises should manure be ba spread thinly over the land in winter when it la Is hauled or should it be dumped in plies piles to be scattered in the spring the answer to the question Is largely one of location in a great deal or of colorado territory the winters are dry with dry very windy springs where such conditions normally scattering manure broadcast on the land during the winter means that the manure wit will I 1 dry out and frequently be blown away by abe firby heavy spring wind storm dropping in piles to be hand scattered later saves saves a part of this loss where snow is on the ground and where winds are not a menace or where conditions permit disking the scattered manure into the top soll soil this loss by blowing Is prevented from aba standpoint of labor dropping in piles increases the labor from the standpoint of saving the manure it sometimes saves an appreciable percentage W while hile broadcast scattering WO would uld lose all of it IL the farmer will have to decide these questions for himself in ills his own localities based upon the points above enumerated |