FARM DAIRYING 



busy season. If this be not possible, it should be 

 stored in a covered manure shed with a sunk 

 cement floor. 



The bulk of the manure should be applied to the 

 corn and root land. Keep it near the surface and 

 work it with the top soil into a fine seed bed. 



A year's manure from a well fed cow has in it 

 from thirty to thirty-five dollars' worth of fer- 

 tilizing material, depending on the richness of her 

 ration. The cow should be credited with this. 



Manure from milking cows and young growing 

 animals contains from 50 to 75 per cent of the fer- 

 tilizing constituents contained in the food. As 

 far as possible all the crops raised should be 

 consumed on the farm, and the manure properly 

 cared for and returned to the soil. Dairying is 

 particularly adapted to the building up and the 

 sustaining of soil fertility. 



When selecting absorbents to use for bedding 

 in the stable, it is well to consider the manurial 

 value of the materials. Sawdust is a clean and 

 good absorbent and considerably used in stables, 

 but carries in itself very little fertilizing material. 

 On the other hand, oat and wheat straw quickly 

 rot, and are worth to the land about two dollars 

 and fifty cents per ton; if the straw is cut it is a 

 still better absorbent and the manure is much eas- 



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