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Show CARING FOR A MANURE PILE Large Percentage of Value of Fertilizer Fertil-izer Is Wasted by Not Keeping In Compact Heap. Did you ever drop a small coin when you were paying for something that you had purchased at the store? Picked it up, didn't you? You bet. Then why don't you save those scores of nickels and dimes that are being washed away from that heap of manure ma-nure down behind the stable? says the Pennsylvania Farmer. Every rain washes away a large per cent, of tho value of manure that is piled out in the open. Mandre ?entains certain fertilizing elements that would be returned to the fields from which they are taken. Of course, you can recruit the soil by plowing under a crop. But that is very wasteful when compared with the plan of feeding the crop to the stock and then hauling the manure out to the field. Use plenty of bedding to absorb the liquids, as a large per cent, of the total value is therein. Don't let the manure pile spread all around, but keep It piled as compact as possible, and always have the pile In the shelter. shel-ter. By all means save every bit of manure you can, and apply it to tho fields where It will produce dividends In the way of increased crops. |