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rains ; and, third, the pasture resulting will be distaste- 

 ful to stock. The answers to these objections are : First. 

 it is only where careless farming prevails that noxious 

 weed seeds abound; second, the loss of fertilization 

 through washing is not great except on side hills being 

 less than the loss which occurs by handling manure in 

 any other way; third, while the grazing for a week or 

 two may be distasteful to live stock, this distastefulness 

 soon leaves it entirely, so that the forage will be all 

 eaten by the stock. To destroy weed seeds on well 

 managed farms by fermenting the manure would be 

 a very expensive process, because of the great loss of 

 nitrogen in the manure during the fermenting. It is 

 probably the most expensive process that can be adopt- 

 ed in fighting weeds. The practice which draws manure 

 from the stables and applies it on the land is an excel- 

 lent one. 



When the beneficent results from applying farmyard 

 manure are considered, it is somewhat surprising that 

 more attention is not given to the manufacture of the 

 same, in areas where tlie necessity for purchasing com- 

 mercial fertilizers exists. It would seem quite possible 

 for the farmer to purchase live stock, if necessary, and 

 to purchase food, especially grain food, on which to 

 feed them, without loss, thus getting the fertilizer as 

 a reward for the labor. That would be a much cheaper 

 method of obtaining fertilizer than buying it in hard 

 cash. 



The renewing of temporary pastures is not nearly 

 so important as the renewing of permanent pastures, 

 because of the temporary character of the former. The 



