FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



ence of the weather. In loose, open piles fully one- 

 half of the fertilizing value may disappear in a half- 

 year period. If manure is not hauled direct to the 

 field and scattered, it may be fairly well preserved 

 in large piles, which should be kept moist; or in 

 covered barnyards, where it should be thoroughly 

 compacted, with enough litter provided to absorb 

 the liquid and keep the animals clean. Fresh 

 manures that undergo fermentation rapidly, such as 

 horse and sheep manures, should be mixed with lit- 



BEEF 



MILK BUTTER 

 REMOVAL OF FERTILITY 



WHEAT 



In the sketch are shown the amounts of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and 

 potash removed from the soil when 1,000 pounds each of beef, milk, butter 

 and wheat are sold. 



ter immediately, else the nitrogen will be lost. Gyp- 

 sum sprinkled on fresh manure has long been a 

 popular preservative. 



Poor Manure. That it pays to give the preserva- 

 tion of manure close attention is shown by the tests 

 conducted by the Ohio station. Here poorly pre- 

 served and well-preserved manure was used in field 

 tests. In both cases the rate of application was 

 eight tons to the acre on clover sod plowed under 

 for corn, and then followed in a. three-year rotation 



