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TALKS ON MANURES. 



If tha land is level, then the heap or heaps should be placed 

 where the least distance will have to be traveled in drawing the 

 manure from the heap to the land. If there is only one heap, the 

 best point would be in the center of the field. If two heaps, and 

 the field is longer than it is broad, say 20 rods wide, and 40 rods 

 long, then the heaps should be made as shown on the previous 

 page. 



If the field is square, say 40 x 40 rods, and we can have four 

 heaps of manure, then, other things being equal, the best points 

 for the heaps are shown in the annexed figure : 



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Field, 40x40 Tfocfs, showing Ibsttion of four JZsaps of Uauure, a. a, a, a. 



Having determined where to make the heaps, tho next question 

 is in regard to size. We make one about 8 feet wide and 6 feet 

 high, the length being determined by the quantity of the manure 

 we have to draw. In cold weather, it is well to finish the heap 

 each day as far as you go, so that the sloping side at the end of the 

 heap will not be frozen during the night. Build up the sides 

 square, so that the top of the heap shall be as broad as the bottom. 

 You will have to see that this is done, for the average farm- 

 man, if left to himself, will certainly narrow up the heap like the 

 roof of a house. The reason he does this is that he throws the 

 manure from the load into the center of the heap, and he can not 

 build up the sides straight and square without getting on to the 

 heap occasional ly, and placing a layer round the outsides. He 



