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£/><?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
February  12,  1910. 
Soil  Fertility  Notes 
Pigeon  vs.  Hen  Manure 
What  would  be  a  fair  comparison  of 
pigeon  manure  to  lieu  manure?  I  have 
just  bought  about  20  tous  of  pigeon  ma¬ 
nure,  and  am  obliged  to  store  it  out¬ 
doors  until  time  to  put  it  in  a  peach  or¬ 
chard.  Would  it  be  advisable  to  mix  it 
with  acid  phosphate  uow.  and  then  cov¬ 
er  the  pile  with  earth  until  Spring? 
Vineland,  X.  J.  e.  l.  L. 
Pigeon  manure  on  the  whole  is  rich¬ 
er  in  plant  food  than  hen  manure.  We 
have  made  a  number  of  analyses  of  each, 
and  find  there  is  a  great  variation  in  the 
composition  of  each  ;  due  to  a  number  of 
things,  usually  to  the  amount  of  trash 
trade,  possibly  due  to  an  over-dose.  A 
fresh  application  of  lime  should  benefit 
all,  and  not.  hurt  any  of  the  crops  men¬ 
tioned.  While  there  are  no  special  form¬ 
ulas  for  fertilizing  the  above  crops,  it 
is  good  practice — if  manure  is  used  at 
eight  to  10  tons  per  acre,  to  use  per 
acre  in  addition  for  tomatoes,  eggplant, 
and  peppers:  150  pounds  nitrate  of  soda, 
300  pounds  acid  phosphate. 
For  sweet  potatoes  the  treatment 
should  differ  somewhat  as  too  much  ni¬ 
trogen  will  make  them  run  to  vines.  A 
slowly  available  source  of  nitrogen  is  pre¬ 
ferable.  A  good  stock  of  well-decayed 
vegetable  matter  in  the  soil  is  a  big  as¬ 
set  for  “sweets.”  A  fertilizer  in  addi¬ 
tion  might  consist  of:  150  pounds  cotton¬ 
seed  meal  or  200  pounds  tankage,  500 
pounds  acid  phosphate. 
In  answer  to  the  question,  whether 
cottonseed  meal  will  replace  nitrate  of 
soda,  it  will  not,  but  it  is  a  help  in  that 
direction.  Cottonseed  meal,  free  from 
hulls,  contains  about  0%  nitrogen;  and 
as  it  readily  decays  it  makes  an  excellent 
fertilizing  material  (leaving  out  consid¬ 
eration  of  the  cost).  By  far  your  best 
plan  will  be  to  visit  some  expert  truck 
contained — discarded  pigeon  nests  in  the  growers  nearby  and  talk  to  them, 
case  of  pigeon  manure.  Taking  the  av-  L.  K.  w. 
erage,  pigeon  manure  is  half  again  as 
rich  as  hen  manure.  Hen  Manure  or  Strawberries 
Farmers  are  shuffling  their  cards  this  7  .  c,  .  T  t  , 
,  ,  Last  bpring  I  set  out  about  three- 
year.  The  above  shows  the  pounds  fer-  quarters  of  an  acre  of  strawberries.  I 
tility  contained  in  a  ton  of  the  manures  am  keeping  400  chickens,  and  whenever 
in  question.  The  percentages  are:  I  cleaned  the  manure  oft’  dropping  boards 
Nitrogen  Phos  Potash  would  spread  it  out  over  a  small  area 
Pio-onn  mnrmrp  q  0  17  i  o  until  1  the  whole  patch  co vo red. 
nf,,  n,,,,,,,,,  9  1  A  C\i  The  plants  grow  fine  and  towards  Fall 
Hen  manure,..".  2.0  1.0  O.S  the  rmvs  C0Jne  togetber,  although  I  set 
Acid  phosphate  added  to  manure  is  them  four  feet  apart.  Now  one  of  my 
considered  a  good  idea  for  the  reason  neighbors  suggests  that  I  should  apply 
that  the  ammonia  combines  with  the  fertilizer  in  order  to  overcome  the  nitro- 
mono-calcium  phosphate  Contained  m  the.  how  mucbi  and  how  app]y  it?  L_  I#  ’ 
acid  phosphate,  thus  saving  nitrogen  Ramsey,  N.  J. 
which  otherwise  might  be  lost.  However  Cbidten  manm,e  is  ,lllite  st  in  ni. 
if  the  pigeon  manure  is  under  cover  and  trogen<  and  when  it  is  usr,d  beav51y  aloue 
dry  there  will  be  no  appreciable  loss  of  it  is  apt  to  drive  the  8trawberries  into 
ammonia,  hence  such  m.xmg  would  be  a  rank  growth  of  yine  dliring  the  late 
unnecessary.  But  if  the  manure  is  moist  Sunmi,r  and  Fa]1.  Frcqllpntiy  this  heavy 
the  compost  Should  be  made  now  Gov-  vine  growtb  is  not  accompanied  bv  a 
enng  the  compost  with  earth  tend  full  fm.mation  of  fnjit  buds.  you  must 
to  hold  the  beat  hastening  decay  and  retnemher  that  these  fniit  b)lds  are 
making  a  finer  (less  coarse)  material.  formed  in  late  Swmmer  and  Fa]I>  and  at 
This  probably  would  not  be  necessary.  thafc  tjme  tbe  for  thc  liest  S(!ason  is 
As  for  the  effect  on  the  land,  we  never  tMerrnined.  The  addition  of  acid  phos- 
noticed  any  difference  between  the  two.  phat0  and  potash  in  August  or  early 
We  usually  had  several  barrels  of  pigeon  September  will  have  the  effect  of  stimu- 
nianure  each  year  and  applied  it  either  ]at5ng  this  developnunit  of  fruit  buds, 
sparingly  in  the  bill  or  broadcast  it  aui]  when  tbesc  ulinol.als  are  added  to  the 
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