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SOILS 



duced by animals when fed on alfalfa, clover, cotton-seed 

 meal, wheat bran, and linseed meal. Manure secured from 

 such feeding is very rich in fertilizing components, and is 

 worth much more to the soil than the manure made when 

 non-nitrogenous feeds are supplied. 



How few users of stable manure, even in sections where 

 large quantities are produced, appreciate this point! You 

 ought to be interested just as much in the kinds of feed 

 that have been used as you are in the price you pay for 

 the manure, or in the cost necessary for getting manure 

 onto the land. The table following shows the difference 

 in fertilizing materials in a few common feeding stuffs : 



NOTE. Values have been recorded as follows: Nitrogen, 15 cents; phos- 

 phorus, 6 cents ; potassium, 5 cents. 



Bedding has a part. That bedding has a part in influ- 

 encing the value is generally recognized. Straw bedding 

 is worth a great deal more to the land than shavings or 

 sawdust. If a great deal of poor bedding is used in pro- 

 portion to the food consumed, the resultant manure is not 

 so good. If rich grain food is fed the stock and little 

 bedding used, the manure, if properly preserved, will be 

 extremely valuable. Just bear in mind this about bed- 



