GARDENING. 



April /, 



SUN-DRIBD COW MANURE. 



W. C. E.. asks: Has cow 

 droppings taken from the pasture during 

 the summer and sun-dried in the field be- 

 fore rain has leached them any more 

 strength when stored in barrels under 

 cover from rain for a winter's season than 

 cow manure of same age rotted out doors 

 in ordinary manure piles? It has under- 

 gone no process of fermentation; are the 

 fertilizing ingredients available for plant 

 food without the missing fermentation? 

 Are there any special uses for it in whicTi 

 thev are better than manure cured in the 

 ordinary manner? It was dry when 

 gathered, but plump and even fresh in 

 the center, and has remained dry all 

 winter. 



It is not as good. More thin that, it 

 is likely to be much infested with the eggs 

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 to the Texas horn fly. Better make a 

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 to rot. Cow manure is a cold manure, 

 and unless mixed with a good deal of 

 straw or horse manure it doesn't "heat."" 

 When perfectly dry, as you suggest, and 

 rubbed through a %-inch mesh sieve it is 

 good to mix with potting soil that is 

 inclined to be heavy. Altogether, how- 

 ever, we have found it to be inferior to 

 cow manure saved and rotted in the 

 ordinary way. 



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