. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. Soil Fertility 77 fresh bedding being added from time to time to keep the ani- mals clean. Experiments show that, as far as fertility and labor are concerned, this is a good way to handle manure. There is little loss of nitrogen as long as the animals remain in the stalls; the wetting of the manure and the trampling it receives help to prevent loss. When the animals are removed there is considerable loss of nitrogen, because the drying out of the material admits air which allows bacterial action to pro- ceed vigorously. Conseq
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. Soil Fertility 77 fresh bedding being added from time to time to keep the ani- mals clean. Experiments show that, as far as fertility and labor are concerned, this is a good way to handle manure. There is little loss of nitrogen as long as the animals remain in the stalls; the wetting of the manure and the trampling it receives help to prevent loss. When the animals are removed there is considerable loss of nitrogen, because the drying out of the material admits air which allows bacterial action to pro- ceed vigorously. Consequently manure stored in this way should be taken to the fields as soon as the animals are removed from the stalls permanently. 33. Methods of applying manure. — Some farmers, when applying manure to the fields, place it in small heaps to be. Fig. 28. — A manure-spreader means a saving of labor and evenness of distribution of the manure. spread later. This is not good practice. It means loss by fermentation and the soluble portions will leach out and pass into the soil just beneath the pile. In addition there is a loss of labor; the manure must be handled twice. Manure should, as a rule, be spread directly from the manure-spreader or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sampson, Harry Oscar, 1879-. New York, Macmillan
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