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These grain fertilizers to be well mixed with 

 soil, to prevent burning up the seed, and 

 watered equally, to develop their decomposi- 

 tion. I am aware that these experiments 

 would not be scientific or good in theory, but 

 they would pay for the time and trouble to 

 the farmer just the same; but, if in any way 

 he should find that more than half the cost 

 of his grain goes into the manure, % and thinks 

 it an economical way of making manure, let 

 him not overdo the thing by converting his 

 herd into fertilizer factories. Many herds are 

 already being injured by this crowding process. 



Temperance on the farm will apply to the 

 barn and the crops as well as in the house. 

 The end sought should be the greatest profit 

 with the least loss. This can be done, doubly 

 or even trebly, by using this system of mak- 

 ing and feeding preserved green forage, and 

 making the most and best use of the manure. 



There is one more point about fertilizers: 

 it is commutation, a mechanical change of 

 state in the ingredients ; it is the difference in 

 value of bone between ground or granulated 

 bone and fine or flour of bone. The one is 

 available the second or third year after being 

 applied to the land : the other is available the 

 first season. I use the term as somewhat anal- 



