BARNYARD MANURE 



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l-'io. 62. An expensive way to apply manure 

 Thrown in piles and spread as in Fig. 63 



On the new lands of 

 the West, manure 

 sometimes injures 

 crops when it is plowed 

 under, chiefly because 

 it causes the land to 

 dry out. On such lands 

 the use of manure 

 should not be con- 

 demned. It should be applied as thinly as possible as a 

 top-dressing on grass lands, where it will help to retain 

 the moisture. When it is plowed under, it will then be so 

 well rotted as to do no harm. Sometimes it is best to 

 let it become well rotten before applying on such land. 



Small applications frequently made are much better 

 than heavy applications 

 less frequently. The 

 application should, if 

 possible, be thin enough 

 so that the entire farm 

 may be covered in three 

 to five years. 



Manure may be ap- 

 plied at any time. The 

 sooner it is on the land 

 the better. It is better 

 to apply it in the fall 

 or winter than to store 



it until tinrina Tt i **' 1 "- *** An '*pensive way of applying 



manure. This manure was pitched out of the 



ink 1 ,,tt,,,. i , I,, 't barn onto a pile, pitched from the pile onto a 



much better to apply it waKon , p lt( .h^l from the wagon to tRe ground. 

 i i ,i and pitched around in the field to spread it 



111 the Spring than tO handled four times. (See Figs. 62 and 65.) 



