CHAPTER III 



OF WHAT VALUE IS IT? 



Muck is valuable in many ways. It may 

 be used as fuel after being dried; as humus 

 for a soil maker or renovator; as a fertilizer 

 either alone or in combination with other 

 materials; or as a soil in which to grow 

 plants. The consensus of expert opinion is 

 unanimous as to the great value of muck as a 

 soil maker, a soil renovator, and a fertilizer. 

 It is a serious question whether the great 

 value of muck as a fertilizer or crop pro- 

 ducer should not exclude its use for other 

 purposes. Corn has been used as a fuel, corn 

 makes a" good fuel, but it makes a better food. 



Muck makes a good combustible, but it is 

 a question whether its greatest value as an 

 improver of the soil and as a fertilizer does 

 not call for its wise conservation and use in 

 the intensive and more careful agriculture 

 that is rapidly approaching. The farmer is 

 learning to save and to utilize more carefully 

 his barnyard manure. He is also learning to 



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