CHAPTER XXIII 

 HANDLING MANURE ON THE FARM 



There are two important uses of stable manure : to 

 furnish plant food and to improve the physical condition 

 of the soil. To get both results you must take proper 

 care of every bit made on the farm. 



. LETTING THE MANURE GET AWAY 



At the same time the well water is contaminated from the manure yard and 



cesspool 



A good many years ago Voelcker, in England, showed 

 with proofs beyond doubt that farm manure was used 

 in a very careless and wasteful manner. He showed, for 

 instance, that when manure was thrown into an open 

 barnyard just as the great majority of our American 



