156 FAKM APPLIANCES. 



pieces are raised and the sled or wagon is soon emptied. 

 In dropping the heaps, they should be left, as nearly as 

 may be, in straight rows, and of a size and distance apart 

 determined by the amount of manure to be spread. If 

 they are placed regularly one rod from another each way, 

 and eight heaps are made from a load, there will be 

 twenty loads per acre. In spreading such heaps the 

 manure is thrown eight feet each way, and the whole 

 ground is covered. It is important that the spreading 

 be done in a careful and thorough manner, each portion 

 of the surface getting its proper share of the manure. It 

 is important also that all lumps be broken up. 



IMPLEMENT FOE FINING MANURE. 



It is often desirable to have fine manure for use in 

 hills and drills ; and it is also at times necessary, when 

 artificial fertilizers are lumpy, to pulverize them for use. 

 A tool for this purpose is shown in figure 188. This is 



Fig. 188. IMPLEMENTS FOB FINING MANURE. 



especially useful in preparing the mixture of poultry 

 manure and plaster. The implement is made of a piece 

 of three-inch hard-wood plank, twelve inches wide, 

 sawed and cut across into notches, and surrounded on 

 three sides as shown, with a strip of sheet iron, or broad 

 hoop-iron band. It is rubbed back and forth over the 

 manure on a floor, and can be used as a shovel, by rais- 

 ing the handle, for turning over and mixing the mass. 



