2l8 SOILS 



Methods of applying manure to fields. Four methods 

 are in use as follows : 



1. Piling in small heaps, which are to be spread later 

 in the season. 



2. Hauling to fields and piling in large mounds, to be 

 distributed later. 



3. Scattering on fields by hand direct from place where 

 made. 



4. Distributing by means of manure spreader. 



A COMMON WAY BUT POOR PRACTICE 



Piling manure in small heaps, while still common, is fast giving way to the 

 manure spreader 



Small piles of manure : a bad practice. For a long time 

 the most common way of applying manure has been this : 

 Wagons are loaded with manure, hauled to the field; here 

 the manure is dumped into small piles, eight, ten or twelve 

 per load. Later in the season, either in the fall, winter 



