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yanls, shc<ls, row aiiil liorw stables, pi;;-lK'us, and Ihh-Iiousc, t<>- 

 pt'tluT witli Icavi-s, wfftls, HOtl ri'fus*' from tin- carilrn, and wIumI 

 or cart it to llu' inti-iidi-d hrap. If you sit a farm man to do the 

 work, loll him you want to m»kc a hot-l»od about five f*ft hijjh, six 

 fwi widf, and six fcrt lonji. I do not tliink 1 have over srcn a 

 fann wlicrc cnouph matrrial could not be found, say in November, 

 to make such a heap. And this ix ail that is needed. If tlic ma- 

 nure i.H rich, if it is oblaineU from animals eating clover-hav. bran, 

 frrain. or other frnwl rich in iiitrotren, it will soon fernient. Hut if 

 the manure is jKHir, coosistiui,' larL'ely «tf .straw, it will be very de- 

 sirable t<» make it ri' her by iiii\inj» with it bone-du'«t. blood, hon- 

 droppin;.'?, woollen rai.'B, i hainber lye, and animal inallirof any 

 kind that you can tind. 



The richer you ran make the manure, the more rrudilv will it 

 ferment. A po«k1 plan is t«» lake the honw or sheep manure, a 

 few wc«ks previous, and use it for Ix-ddinn the pi;:s. !t will 

 altfMirb thi- liquid of the plus, and make rich manure, whii h will 

 8o<m ferment when phurd in a heap. 



If the manure in the heap is t«M> dry, it i.s n l'Oo<1 plan, when v<<u 

 are killinj: hoi:s. to throw on to the nianiin- all the warm water, 

 hair, bloinl, intestines, etc. You may think I am making loo 

 much of such a simpl- matter, but I have had biters from farmers 

 who have tried this plan of manairinp manun-, and they say that 

 they cjin not keep it from free/.inp. One reason for this Is, that 

 they do not sunrl the heip early enough, and do n«»t take pains to 

 get the manure into an active fernu ntation Infore wiiiter sets in. 

 Much depends on this. In starlim: a fire, you take pains to pot a 

 little fine, dry woofl. that will burn readily, and when the fire is 

 fairly poini. put <>n lanrer sticks, and presently you have such a 

 fin- that you can burn wood, coal, stubble, sods, or anything you 

 wish. And so it is with a manure-heap. (Jet the fire, or fermen- 

 t ition, or, more strictly speaking, putrefaction fairly started, and 

 there will lie little trouble, if the heap is large enough, aud fresh 

 material is added from time to time, of continuing the fermenta- 

 tion all winter. 



Another point to be observed, and espci ially in cold weather, is 

 to keep the sides of the heap straight, and the Urp knl. You 

 must expose the manure in t!ie heap jis little as possible to frost 

 and cold winds. The rule should be to spread ever}- wlir-el-bar- 

 rowful of manure as soon as it is put on the heap. If left un- 

 spread on top of the heap, it will freeze; and if afterwards cov- 

 ered witli other manure, it will recjuire considerable heat to melt 

 it, and thu'* r diicr the tcmi" r itur of the whole heap. 



