Manure 



before each milking, and when the farmer 

 handles manure let him dispose of it once 

 and for all. With the same time and labor 

 he expends in drawing the daily droppings 

 into the gutter he could just as well shovel 

 them into a wheelbarrow (preferably water- 

 tight, in order to prevent dripping and loss 

 of the urine), and empty this, not just outside 

 the door, but in the adjoining field, or at least 

 at a safe distance from any building forming 

 part of the dairy or the home. This method 

 of field storage is already in use to some 

 extent, the manure being stacked beneath a 

 cover on posts, but in the case of this shed 

 there should be left room between the top 

 of the pile and the cover of the shed for the 

 circulation of air. 



The best disposal of manure, and that 

 which is practised at dairy farms where mod- 

 ern methods are in use, is to cart it to the 

 fields daily. This not only means one han- 

 dling, but it places the stuff where it ceases 

 to be obnoxious and becomes of use as a fer- 

 tilizer. In the removal of manure a metal 



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