320 AGRICULTURE 



parts which are fully as valuable as the solid, may not drain 

 away into the soil. The profits from open-yard, badly 

 leached manure are so small as hardly to pay for spreading 

 it on the field. It is a careless, shiftless method of farming 

 that allows this great waste, so easily prevented. 



The application of manure. For heavy soils, which 

 need to be made porous by the addition of vegetable matter, 

 it is well to spread manure on the field fresh from the stalls 

 without waiting for it to rot. It should not, however, be 



The better way. Manure carrier and spreader, 

 allowed to lie long before being plowed under, as much of 

 its strength is lost in this way. For all lighter soils, and 

 especially such as have a tendency to dry out, the manure 

 should be rotted before being applied. 



The practise of throwing the manure in heaps on the 

 field and later spreading it is not good practise. For here 

 also the leaching takes place. Some of the best elements of 

 the manure are drained into the ground immediately under 

 the heap, and some are lost by passing off in the air. The 



