Show CHICKEN MANURE RICH fertilizer should be used only with other ingredients ny by dr it II Q n mun agronomist north carolina state college service poultry growers may use chicken manure in home bome mixed fertilizers to materially reduce the cost of 0 crop fertilization the manure la Is rich in organic matter but Is not a complete fertilizer consequently it should not be applied without the other ingredients necessary to supply the proper plant food A mixture including chicken manure Is as follows A ratio of 1100 pounds of chicken manure GOO COO pounds of acid phosphate pounds of nitrate of soda and pounds of potash this mixture Is not suitable for all crops or all types of soil but the county agents or the fertilizer specialists at state college will be glad to furnish formulas to growers who wish them one farmer applied the mixture at the rate of pounds to the acre on a crop of corn and secured a yield of 40 bushels per acre the farmer had intended to apply a side dressing of 75 pounds of sulphate of ammonia but was prevented by the excessive rains the same mixture was used on ensilage corn and a yield of ten tons of ensilage per acre was secured this fertilizer Is mixed like any other home mixture however Ilo wever the manure madure must be kept dry until ready for use the manure should be cleaned off the dropping boards only when it Is dry and be placed in sacks and stored in a dry place the fertilizer can be mixed at the time of application |