FARM MANURES 363 



HOW TO APPLY MANURE 



The most practicable method in many cases, 

 especially in winter, is to spread it direct from the 

 wagon, cart, or sled. Fresh manure distributed 

 from wagons in winter is not apt to be spread very 

 evenly and should be scattered in spring with a 

 brush drag. The manure may be dumped in 

 piles, which are spread later. The merit of this 

 plan is that it economises team work, so the rela- 

 tive cost of team and hand labour must be consid- 

 ered. If the manure is dumped in pi 1 t should 

 be spread very soon; otherwise me ground on 

 which it is piled becomes over-rich. Some farmers 

 leave manure in the field in piles for several months ; 

 their crops are decidedly "spotted" for two or 

 three seasons thereafter. 



Manure spreaders are of little advantage to 

 the average farmer, chiefly because they carry such 

 a small load in proportion to the draft, and their 

 expense. They do, however, distribute manure 

 more evenly than it is usually done by hand. 



