Show WHAT IS TON OF mm f PUL WORTH ln increase crease in yield of va various bous crops would place price at for ech each ton on NET PROFIT OF MADE liberal applicator of fertilizer every four years will result in permanent nent improvement to soil straw Is valuable made on tile the various experiment fields throughout the state by the university of missouri college of a agriculture have shon that an average application of fight eight tons of manure to the acre once in four years has increased tile the yield of corn bushel oats bushels wheat bushels and clover hay pounds at prices prevailed the first of the bear ear this increase would be worth and at prewar pre war prices tor for each ton of manure applied it will cost the farmer not more than one dollar a ton to col V 5 WD 1 it nit piling manure outside where the ram rain will wash out its fertilizing elements elect lect the manure and haul it to the field a this would leave a net profit of 33 za at present prices pi ices or at prewar pre war prices for each ton of manure applied the full value of the manure is usually no not obtained during the first four 1 Y years ls l S for it leaves the soll soil in bettor beall ar 1 condl condition i 1 ion and its effect upon tiler later r crops is often quite significant tins this 11 becomes more noticeable DotI ceable after the first id 1 two wo or three applications since a tit liberal application of manure every four years will result in permanent improve emont ement to the land ital careful handling necessary ak M ky by ery careful ciA reful handling of manure 4 a livestock farmer on average soil should be able to return annually I 1 dds about two tons ions of manure per acre acie to till ite his culli eted fields it Is not easy to ile if save tah amount except by very care adz ful mc me meads and persistent efforts it fe 1 Is ig nce necessary esary that all straw and other iod oi suitable materials be worked thron through 11 e A the lie barn as bedding this not only i it ll 11 addi to file comfort of the animals but 5 s serves ns its in an absorbent for the lie lique teis manure if straw plies piles are sold gift pf i burned or left to rot it Is of course gid impossible to return this ills amount of ta manure r v ir 1 manure together dont ic lot ill ih it get scattered about the barn or lots e it r hugs rind and chickens may waste much of ine it where possible haul it to the field ILA a soon its n produced produce it if till this Is nut not po pos 2 sible etore it in sli allow concrete lined 1111 Ps pits to prevent Ien leaching hing use plenty lot mice of badil b e it n ng in the estable Ih stable or on the feed it I 1 I 1 ink ing floor to absorb the lie liquid straw lard ft old 1 ny grass and leaves may lie be used p for tills this purpose i prevent fermentation ter iter about 35 per cent of 0 the nitrogen r if and 53 55 per cent of the potassium Is to 00 S be found in the I 1 liquid material there ill I 1 Is ho however vever practically no phosphorus b in this part the plant foods in ill le fc liquid tire are till all in soluble form and are arc part oat va 77 r easily lost through leaching fritt furthermore the nitrogen in this i 1 l 16 liquid portion readily passes olt off is as amnion an imonia la when the lie manure is 13 allowed alt to fen ferment tient hence tile the necessity for pre thorf venting fermentation as far as posca bit the total solid and liquid manure j produced in a year rear by a well avell fed ma tute tte hore is s about t eight tons with g to ill E il a plant food value of more than 10 i I 1 the cn cne case e of a well fed steer tit 1 ing from fl ln 1000 to 1200 pounds tile the pro nicil p ct loli Is nine rs to eleven tons with a I 1 i ap pp slightly setly gre greater ater total value than the acl in milre allure from m a horse fair three to five months exposure to the weather in 1 ciuc an open lot 1017 may cause lila imire e apt approximately one third 0 of its pt plant food lt if i i manure must mum be pra er K roh to tile weather it should be in at 1 i a pit with a weter water tight bottom |