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at least we are willing to admit that there are. 
Still we prefer a direct application to the field. 
When you consider the labor necessary for extra 
hauling and mixing, it is considerable after all. 
How much better it is to use that labor in the woods, 
getting and hauling other quantities of leaves and 
pine straw for the various pens, stalls and yards at 
the barn. 
We prefer to haul manure direct to the field and 
have it mixed in the soil, so its decay can take 
place there, because as a result of chemical action 
it will rot the soil as it rots itself. 
SAVE THE MANURE 
The American farmer has not yet become skilled 
in saving manure. He is rather wasteful in most 
things and especially so with farm manure. 
Liquid from the stable and yards runs away, be- 
cause of too little bedding material, is leached 
away in the rain, and is lost never to be recovered. 
Again, stables are cleaned, manure is dumped out 
of window or door, exposed to sun and rain, and 
gradually burned up or washed into the stream. 
Do you believe this ? Your own observation 
will be proof enough. 
The remedy lies in but one direction : Save home- 
made manures and make more the following year. 
If you have no covered barnyard or other covered 
place to keep it, haul direct to the fields. 
This offers many advantages: 
It enables you to keep the stables clean. 
You can do the hauling in the winter when men 
and teams have little else to do. 
The soil itself is benefited by the decay of 
manures and is inclined to make active its in- 
soluble plant food. 
