CHAPTER XXIV 

 RELATION OF FOOD TO MANURE 



Quality of Manure. On many farms manure is 

 measured by its quantity rather than by its quality. 

 In open barnyards it is left to accumulate, often for 



EITHER Too MUCH OR Too LITTLE 



When manure is put in small piles it is generally unevenly distributed. If 

 not immediately spread the soluble parts sink into the ground under the 

 piles, thus over-enriching these spots. The greater part of the soil area 

 gets only the manure debris. 



a year or more ; and exposed to rain and weather it 

 decomposes, and wastes away, or is lost in rich 

 streams of colored liquid to brooks and creeks. 

 When so handled the cream of its value escapes from 



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