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greatest state in miuing and iu iron and steel industries; but we 

 do not liear so much about Teuusylvauia as an agricultural state and 

 jet each of you, 1 am sure, know that iu Pennsylvania our crops 

 perhaps average better than the average of the United States and 

 that our fruit, our apples, perhaps, are of a quality superior to 

 those of any other place in the United States, but this is not known 

 generally, nationally or to the world. 



You are here to consider, I presume, how you can better exploit 

 and better apply what is known to science today for the enlighten- 

 ment and betterment of the farmers in our whole community, and 1 

 hope that the outcome of this meeting will bring something that will 

 be educational for the farmers throughout the State and that they 

 may through the radiance of your good work here enjoy the knowl- 

 edge that you obtain here today. 



1 want to thank you especially and again for the privilege which 

 is mine and which 1 do enjoy. While I am neither a farmer or agri- 

 culturist at this time, I was born on a farm and my greatest delight, 

 as I believe everybody's is who has red blood in their veins, is to get 

 out in the open and get down close to Nature. It is especially pleas- 

 ant at this time to be a farmer, because if he is an intelligent farmer, 

 applies the scientific methods at your hands today, has the qualifica- 

 tions of mind and the knowledge of the treatment of your orchards 

 and all that sort of thing and able to have the modern conveniences, 

 you live in the midst of the same modern improvements and have 

 them just as close at hand as the people who live in the city, and 

 besides have the great advantages of the open country life. 



I want to also say that whatever little influence my office posesses. 

 where it can be of use to the betterment or to the furtherance of 

 the objects and principles of this society and this association, it is at 

 your command. (Applause) 



PRODUCTION AND CARE OF BARNYARD MANURE 



By R. C. E. WALLACE, Ohio Experiment Station, Wooster, 0. 



Barnyard manure is essentially a bj-product of the farm. By 

 many it seems to be considered a waste product to be disposed of 

 with the least possible care and the greatest possible dispatch. 



In the past farmers, in general, have not understood the real value 

 of manure as a fertilizer and have innocently been losing hundreds 

 of thousands of dollars every year because of the indifferent methods 

 employed in caring for this important product. Fortunately, through 

 the medium of our experiment stations and agricultural colleges, 

 we are now beginning to comprehend the importance of manure in 

 maintaining and building up the fertility of our soils. 



Just what value manure may have as determined by its composi- 

 tion is difficult to say because of the wide variation in composition 

 of the substance in question. These variations add to the difficulty in 

 discussing the valuation, application and other points in connection 



