Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . ncreased the value of the manure, as determined by thevalue of increase in crops obtained from each ton when applied once in athree years rotation of corn, wheat and clover. The value per ton of 106 SUCCESSFUL FARMING manure is based on the average farm price of the crops produced. It isalso evident from the table that stall manure gave in every instance a?larger return per ton than did yard manure, and that floats and acid phos-phate proved by all odds the best reinforcing materia
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . ncreased the value of the manure, as determined by thevalue of increase in crops obtained from each ton when applied once in athree years rotation of corn, wheat and clover. The value per ton of 106 SUCCESSFUL FARMING manure is based on the average farm price of the crops produced. It isalso evident from the table that stall manure gave in every instance a?larger return per ton than did yard manure, and that floats and acid phos-phate proved by all odds the best reinforcing materials. While acidphosphate reinforcement gave the largest return per ton of manure, thefloats proved about equally profitable from the investment standpoint. In localities where phosphorus is the dominant soil requirement, thereinforcement of manure with acid phosphate at the rate of about fortypounds to each ton of manure is a most excellent practice. The mannerof applying the phosphate may be determined by conditions. It willfrequently be found convenient to apply this material to the manure in . t \ ,yy- ;. Spreading Manure from Wagon, Old the stalls or stables each day at the rate of about one pound for eachfully grown cow, horse or steer, and in lesser amounts for the smalleranimals. There is probably no place in which the raw rock phosphateis likely to give better results than when used in this way as a reinforce-ment to manure. Economical Use of Manure.—The most economical use of manureinvolves a number of factors. It is the opinion of both chemists andfarmers that manure and urine should be applied to the soil in its fresh-est possible condition. If this is true, manure should be hauled from thestable or barnyard to the field as soon as it is made. As previously indi-cated, this method reduces to the minimum the cost of handling and hasseveral additional advantages. Well-rotted manure may be more quicklyavailable to plants, less bulky and easier to distribute, and
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