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FAEMERS' INSTITUTES. 

 Table of Manure Values. 



Kind of Feed. 



Corn 



Corn stalks.. 



Oats 



Oat straw 



Wheat 



Wheat straw 



Rye 



Rye straw — 



Barley 



Barley straw 



Peas - 



Pea straw 



Beans 



Bean straw . . 



Potatoes 



Carrots 



Kind of Feed. 



Swedes 



Mangels 



Fodder corn (green) 



Clover hay 



Timothy hay --. 



Brewers' grains (fresh) 



Brewers' grains (kiln dried) 



Malt sprouts 



Linseed meal (old process). . 

 Linseed meal (new process). 



Cotton seed meal 



Middlings 



Shorts 



Wheat hran 



Buckwheat 



Buckwheat straw 



Value of 



Manure 



from 1 ton 



of feed. 



$ 1 10 



1 43 



1 10 



9 50 



6 25 



3 60 



13 80 



16 50 



20 00 



23 00 



28 50 



8 90 



10 64 



13 50 



6 88 



5 00 



From this table the relation of the rotation of crops to the manure supply 

 may be readily estimated. A yield of fifty bushels of corn per acre when fed 

 with the stalks would give $18.00 as the value of the manure from one acre. 

 The manure from an ajre of clover when fed would be worth $19.00, etc. 



These figures must not be taken to represent actual values, which would, 

 of course, vary with the condition of the soils to which the manures are 

 applied. They simply represent the relative value of the manures produced 

 from the different feeds as compared with the cost of commercial fertilizers 

 in the market. 



Commercial fertilizers cannot be safely recommended as a staple manure 

 supply on the plain lands. It will undoubtedly be better economy to increase 

 the value of the barn-yard manure by purchasing concentrated feeds, like cot- 

 ton seed meal, linseed meal, malt sprouts and mill feed, which are valuable 

 as foods and likewise, as shown by the table, have a high manurial value. A 

 profit should be made by feeding these articles with the coarser products of 

 the farm, when the manurial value approximates so closely to the original 

 cost. 



The plowing under of clover, or catch crops of rye, white mustard orspurry 

 as green manure will undoubtedly, in most cases, prove advantageous from 

 the iuiproved physical condition of the soil aside from the direct fertilizing 

 effect ; and it may be the best plan of making a start on land that has not been 

 under cultivation, or which has been badly managed. The practice, however, 

 can only be recommended in exceptional cases, involving as it does a waste of 

 valuable feed for cattle and sheep, as the crops when fed would leave nearly 

 the same value in manurial residue. 



From neglect, or lack of knowledge of the real sources of waste, the loss of 



