No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 465 



MR. COOK: You were certainly right, sir, with an animal, a sheep 

 or a brood sow — they must not lie on cold concrete; but where that 

 is covered with dry straw, there is a perfectly safe proposition, and 

 our sows have raised their pigs and gone through the winter. And 

 I would like to tell you, if I had time, the method we used in that 

 building for successful and easy cleaning. 



A Member: Couldn't you use an inch or so of soil right on top of 

 that concrete? 



MR. COOK: Yes; but it would not be so good as the straw, of 

 course. 



Adjourned to half-past one o'clock this afternoon. 



Harrisburg, Thursday, 1.30 P. M., January 25, 1906. 



The meeting was called to order at the designated hour with Mr. 

 S. M. McHenry in the Chair. 



Reports of Specialists and Standing Committees, continued. 



COL. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, I was requested by .Mr 

 McGowan to express to the Board his great regret that he cannot be 

 here this afternoon, and to say to the Board that the cause of his 

 absence was the sudden death of his nephew. 



The SECRETARY: He left his report with me and it can be read, 

 or filed and printed. 



On motion, duly seconded, it was agreed that the report of Mr. 

 McGowan on fertilizers be filed and printed, which is as follows: 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FERTILIZERS. 



By Howard G. McGowan, Chairman. 



The use of Commercial Fertilizer upon the farms in Pennsylvania 

 continues to be forging ahead with no halting whatever, which 

 seems to say, if you want increased crops, you must use Commercial 

 Fertilizer. 



Although Commercial Fertilizer can be made to supply the ele- 

 ments that are wanting in the soil, the use of barnyard manure that 

 has been thoroughly fermented will supply all that may be required 

 by plants. 



The point in selecting fertilizers is to procure those brands that 

 assist to make the barnyard manure more complete. Barnyard 

 manure is very rich in nitrogenous materials. 



"Rich food makes rich manure." Farmers want to make more of 



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