BARNYARD MANURE ALMOST DOUBLES THE HAY 



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In August, 1916, the Montgomery County Farm Bureau Neios 

 printed the following: 



In the town of Mohawk, Montgomery County, Stanley Everson 

 carried on a field test to determine the value of stable manure in 

 top-dressing hay fields. Last fall after oat harvest, he top-dressed 

 a portion of a field of new seeding at the rate of eight loads of 

 stable manure to the acre, applied with a manure spreader. The 

 field was mowed on July 19, and on July 20 the farm bureau 

 manager assisted Mr. Everson in taking weights of production on 

 equal areas where manure had been applied and where no manure 

 was applied, to determine the amount of increased yield of hay 

 due to the application of manure. 





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Fig. 629. Comparative Result of Field Test on Farm of 

 Stanley Everson, Montgomery County. 



Where the manure had been applied the yield of hay was 7,184 

 pounds per acre ; while in the same field, with quality of soil and 

 seeding equally as good, the yield without manure was only 3,840 

 pounds. Eight loads of stable manure per acre gave an increased 

 yield of 87 per cent. 



Mr. Everson makes a practice of hauling manure direct from the 

 stable to the field, whenever practicable. He believes in getting 

 his stable manure on the ground as quickly as possible, to grow 

 increased crops, to feed more stock, to make more manure, to grow 

 more crops. [gooj 



