104 TALKS ON M ANT RES. 



" Tlir laml when- I i:r<>\v inaiiLrrlsgcts altoui this dosi- c very yt'ar. 



"1 vvuulil say that my up-l:iiul incatlows have bci-n iiiowii twice 

 each year for a great many years. 



" I have heen using refuse salt from Syracuse, on my mangels, 

 at the rale of about six l)ushels per acre, applieil broadcast in two 

 applications. My henmauure is jiulverizeil, aiul sifted through a 

 eoiiimon coal sieve. The fine I use for duslini: the mangels after 

 they have been singled out, and the lumps, if any, are used to 

 warm up the red peppers. 



" 1 have sometimes mi.xed my hen-manure wilii dry muck, in 

 the proportion of one bushel of hen-manure to 10 of muck, and 

 received a profit from it loo big to tell of, on corn, and on mangels. 



"I have sprinkled the refuse salt on my cow-stable floors some- 

 times, but where all the liipiid is saved, I tliink we have salt enough 

 for most crops. 



" I have abaiiilom <1 tlie use of plaster on my pastures for the 

 reason that milk produced on green-clover is not so good lus that 

 produced on the gra.sses proper. I use all the wood lushes I can get, 

 on my mangels as a duster, antl consider their value gn-ater than 

 the ouniers do who sell tli«ni to me for 15 cts. a bushel. I have 

 never used much linie, and have not received the ex|)ectcd benefits 

 from it.s use so far. But wood a-'^hes agree with my land as well 

 as manure does. The last ((uestion you ask, but one, is this: 

 ' What is the usual plan of managing manure in the dairy districts ?' 

 The usual method is to cut holes in the sides of the stable, al>out 

 every ten feet along the whole length of the barn behind ihecows, 

 and i>iteh the manure out through these holes, under the eaves of 

 the Itarn, where it remains tintil too much in the way, when it is 

 drawn out and commonly applied to grass land in lumps as big as 

 your hea<l. This practice is getting out of fasliion a little now, but 

 nearly one half of all the c )W-manuro made in Herkimer Co. is 

 lost, wasted. 



"Your last question, 'What improvement would you suggest,' 

 I answer by saving it is of no use to make any to these men, it 

 woidd be wasted like their manure. 



" The market value of manure in this county is 50 cts. per big 

 load, or about one dollar V)er cord." 



"Th;it is a capital letter," .said the Deacon. " It is right to the 

 point, an 1 no nonsi'nse about it." 



" He must make a good deal of manure." said the Doctor, 

 " \o be able to u.se 40 loads to tlie acre on his meadows ::nd 



