order to secure a uniform growth. I know the value of humus. It 

 warms the soil, it causes soil to absorb and hold moisture, it is necessary 

 to have humus if I have nitrogen, it makes my soil mellow and of good 

 tilth, and I believe it assists in making phosphorous and potash useful. 

 In order to accomplish those things, I want the manure evenly spread so 

 that I can work it thoroughly into the body of the seed-bed. Those 

 are some of my reasons for using a spreader. Another reason is that the 

 spreader saves money." 



Farmer C is a good farmer. He increases his crop, as has been 

 repeatedly demonstrated, and he saves money by doing his work much 

 faster than either Farmer A or Farmer B. 



The following test was made under the wTiter's supervision and is cer- 

 tified to by a committee of honest disinterested farmers. 



It required Farmer A twenty-one minutes to load one ton of manure. 

 He spent eleven and one-half minutes going to the field and returning 

 and he spent thirty-two minutes in unloading the manure in piles and 

 spreading it on the land. 



Farmer B loaded his wagon in twenty-one minutes, drove to the field 

 and returned in eleven and one-half minutes, and spent twenty-eight 

 minutes in spreading the manure from the wagon. 



Farmer C loaded his spreader in sixteen minutes, drove to the 

 field and returned in eleven and one-half minutes, and spread the 

 manure on the land evenly and thoroughly pulverized in two minutes. 



The net comparative results were as follows: 



TABLE NO. 8 



Cost of Handling One Load 



TABLE NO. 9 



VALUE OF TIME OF MAN AND TEAM VALUED AT 

 40 CENTS PER HOUR 



Farmer A, 44 cents 



P^armer B, 40 cents 



Farmer C, 20 cents 



Farmer A would haul 9 3 loads in one day, working 10 hours a day 

 Farmer B would haul 9 9 loads in one day, working 10 hours a day 

 Farmer C would haul 20.3 loads in one day, working 10 hours a day 



It costs Farmer A $88 00 to haul and spread 200 loads of manure 

 It costs Farmer B $80 00 to haul and spread 200 loads of manure 

 It costs Farmer C $40 00 to haul and spread 200 loads of manure 



It costs Farmer A $48.00 more to dispose of 200 loads than it does 

 Farmer C, and it costs Farmer B $40.00 more than it does Farmer C. 



