. Our farm and building book. . anure left in piles will soon losehalf its strength. The old-fashionedidea of piling manure to rot it camefrom the experiments of greenhousegardners who wanted immediate re-sults. These men usually worked inlarge towns or on the outskirts ofcities, and their doings got into news-papers and books on gardening, be-cause their work was easy of early writers on agricultural top-ics usually were not farmers. Whilethey were honest in their efforts, theywere easily misled by appearancesthat were showy and impracticable. Manure pits have always been a de-lusi
. Our farm and building book. . anure left in piles will soon losehalf its strength. The old-fashionedidea of piling manure to rot it camefrom the experiments of greenhousegardners who wanted immediate re-sults. These men usually worked inlarge towns or on the outskirts ofcities, and their doings got into news-papers and books on gardening, be-cause their work was easy of early writers on agricultural top-ics usually were not farmers. Whilethey were honest in their efforts, theywere easily misled by appearancesthat were showy and impracticable. Manure pits have always been a de-lusion. Very few farmers pile manurenowadays, and it is noticeable thatmanure pits are very scarce, and thefew that are in use are much shal-lower. In fact, the new ones arenothing but depressions to collectliquid manure from stable the value of stable absorbentsand their proper use is well under-stood, we will lose the manure pitentirely, and the expression well-rotted manure will disappear fromagricultural Plan of Barn for Twenty Cows, Design No. A250L
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