Show PROFIT FROM ANNUAL LOSS IS BY CARELESS management well kept heap Is ie surest sign thrift and success in farming importance of fertilizer Is not fully appreciated every crop removed from the soil takes from it materials material which have been used in building up the plant planta tissue soil with no fertility added and which annually bears a crop must in time become cah aisted of 0 its store of valuable plant food and unlit unfit to ber beir further profitable crops sub evinces which are added to the soil roil V N 14 A manure spreader Is very valuable on any farm in order to replace the in ingredients gredlen to which have been removed by previous crops are called manures the oldest and most common form of manure Is the farm manure of all fertilizers this Is the most popular early roman writers called attention to the tact fact that the addition ot of the of farm animals to tho the soil boil regul resulted ted in increased production and from that time to the present the majority of farmers have placed their reliance on this class of manures tor for maintaining the fertility ot of the land A well kept manure heap may be safely taken as one of the surest andl of thrift and success in farm ing neglect ot of this resource causes los losses ces which though little appreciate ed are vast in extent waste laste of manure is both so common as r to breed indifference and so be silent as to escape notice according to recent statistics there are in the united states in round numbers 28 horses mules etc 70 cattle hogs and sheep it if these animals were mere kept in stalls or pens throughout the year and the manure carefully saved the approximate value of the fertilizing ertil izing constituents of the manure MV III vix a A common way of losing money large losses of plant food are sure to occur from these plies piles of manure produced by each horse or mule would annually be 27 b bv each head of cattle 20 by each hog 1 4 and b each sheep 2 it Is fair to assume that at least one third of the value of the manure Is annually toot through care careless lesis methods of handling and this estimate Is bonsen conservative active E even i en at this figure we me have hake the tremendous sum of as aa the annual loss less in the united states this condition is the more unfortunate because practically ly all of it could be prevented the great importance of farm ma nure is not appreciated to its full fill extent by miny farmers A great man roana of 0 those engaged in agricultural pursuits seem to have haie little realization aloa of the immense loss incurred through at fa ambi ss 1 fa firki ac y s iby JM 44 wi 1 r ri 74 H A bad way to use good manurel manure l above Is shown a practice all too common below Is the same field showing the result of piling ma nure in the field the manure should be spread when hauled or there will be an uneven growth af f the grain crop due to localized fertility the waste of this important product ahey begrudge the time and later lalor re quiren to remove it from tho the barn and feeding lot and it Is not buncom men to see a man purchase commercial fertilizers and waste the manure produced b bv his bis stock barns are often erected on steep side hills or aven en close to the banks of running streams m aich practice tico insures a most effective and wasteful loss of the val nal bable constituents of the manure heap |