MY OWN PLAN OF MANACIVO MANURE. S'H 



worki'd pij^-manuri" will liriiKiit cvfii more rapidly tiiaii slu-ip or 

 liorso-inanure alDiie. 



Unniixed c«»w-manure in heavy and cold, and wlicii kept in a 

 iieaj) i»y itself out of iloor>!, is almost certain to freeze up solid dur- 

 inj; tlie winter. 



We usually wheel out our eow-dunir every uay, and spread on 

 tlie manure heap. 



This is one of the things that needs attention. Tlicre will be 

 a constant tendency to put all the cow-dun;:: toi^ether, instead of 

 mixinir it with the lii^uter and more active manure from theliorses, 

 sIkh'p, and pii:^"- Spread it out and cover it with some of the more 

 strawy manure, which is not so lial)le to freeze. 



Sli )uld it so happen — as v/ill most likely he the case — that on 

 lookini; at your heap some mornini; when the thermometer is 

 below zero, you find that several wlieel-harrowfuls of manure that 

 were put on the heap the ilay before, were not s|)rea l,and are now 

 crusted over with ice, it will be well to break up the barrowfuls, 

 even if necessary to use a crowb ir, and place the frozen lumps of 

 manure on the outside of the heap, ratlur tiian to let tliem liejn the 

 center of tlip pile. Your aim should b? ahv lys to keep the center 

 of the heap warm and in a state of fermentation. You do not 

 want the fire to 2:0 out, aud it will not go out if the heap is prop- 

 erly managed, even should all the sides and top be crusted over 

 with a layer of frozen manure. 



During very severe weather, and when the top is frozen, it is a good 

 plan, when you are about to wheel some fresli manure on to the 

 heap, to remove a portion of tlie frozen crust on top of the heap, 

 near tiie center, and make a hole for the fresh manure, which 

 should l)e spread and covered up. 



When the heap is high enough, say five feet, we commence an- 

 other heap alongside. In doing this, oir plan is to clean out some 

 of the sheep-sheds or pig-pens, where the manure ha-s accumulated 

 for some time. This gives us much more than the daily supply. 

 Place this manure on the outside of the new heap, and tlien take a 

 quantity of hot, fermenting, mmure from the middle of tlic old 

 heap, and throw it into the center of the new heap, and then cover 

 it up with the fresh manure. I would put in eight or ten i)ushel.s. 

 or as much as will war:n up the center of the new lieap, and start 

 fermentation. The colder tiie weather, the more of this hot 

 manure should you take fro!n the old heap— the more the better. 

 Fresh manure should be added to the old heap to fill up the hole 

 made by the removal of the hot manure. 



