Archive image from page 211 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 m~ Fig. 45.—AiiERiCAK D.\inT Ears (Extehioh View). always find good crops in connection with box or covered-yard feeding lies in the simple fact that the manure produced is richer, and its strength is not washed away by dripping rains into the drains and streams, and the liquid manure is absorbed by the litter in the boxes or yards, and does not flow into the nearest horse-pond, as is only too commonly the case in stall-feeding. In
Archive image from page 211 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 m~ Fig. 45.—AiiERiCAK D.\inT Ears (Extehioh View). always find good crops in connection with box or covered-yard feeding lies in the simple fact that the manure produced is richer, and its strength is not washed away by dripping rains into the drains and streams, and the liquid manure is absorbed by the litter in the boxes or yards, and does not flow into the nearest horse-pond, as is only too commonly the case in stall-feeding. In box-feeding, good farmers not uncommonly consider that if they have the manure as clear profit they have done well, and this is no unsubstantial profit where much cake and corn are used in the feeding. In this method the manure has the great advantage of remaining under cover all the time, but in stall-feeding the solid manure has to be removed daily, commonly to an uncovered manure-pit, while the liquid manure is cither conducted to a tank, where it becomes highly diluted with nature, to the variety and quantity of valuable in- gredients it contains, all necessary to plant-life, and because its mechanical effects are valuable along with its manurial properties, is justly taken as the tyjie of a perfect general manure, and as such no reasonable care and trouble should be spared in its production first and in its manage- ment afterwards. The farmer cannot always be held responsible for the good or inferior quality of the actual manure, as produced, since this is influenced so much by the nature and age of the stock that produces it and the kind of food they have to eat, and by the nature of the buildings he has at command ; but he can and should take care that the straw and dung get properly mixed, as well as the manure of different kinds of stock, so as to secure a uniform descrip- tion of manure. If he stall-feeds, and uses a
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