Show MANURE TO INCREASE CROPS at pennsylvania it was found that application of six tons was better than ten stable manure has long been considered a very valuable fertilizer it Is usually thought by farmers that the larger the application of manure the gra graetter itter the crop increase experimental data shows that such Is not the case at pennsylvania it was found that an application of six tons per acre gave a return of 3 0 9 per ton as aa compared with per ton when ten tea tons per acre were used this Is a dollar a ton in favor of the tha lighter application at the same rate the farmer who has a hundred tons of manure to spread can save nearly enough to pay for his manure spreader hand spreading IngS could hardly put manure on at the tha rate of six tons this Is not an isolated case other work has shown an actually smaller yield with a large amount than with a smaller amount of manure |