Show returning manure to worn soils profitable return of barnyard manure to worn soils has long been recognized as a profitable farm practice in france ii farmers prosperity often Is measured in terms of the size of the manure pile which he has carefully built near ills his stable he has learned so well to utilize manure that this meth od of judging him Is a very good criterion soil conditions and cropping practices in the fertile corn belt are very different for the most part from those in france however our soils are losing their virgin fertility rapidly and even now tile roost most productive lands usually respond well in crop increases when manure Is applied |