1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
281 
SALES FROM THE LEWIS FARM. 
Since we mentioned the farm of D. C. 
Lewis in Middlesex Co., N. ]., there 
have been several requests for a state¬ 
ment of sales. Mr. Lewis sends us the 
following statement for the year ending 
March 31, 1907. Figures for this year 
are not yet completed: 
Sales from farm for year ending March 
31, 1907: 
Corn. $609.70 
Potatoes. L13S.77 
Hay. . 
Wheat. 
Milk. . 
897.16 
449.00 
482.36 
$3,576.99 
Now, remember that this farm con¬ 
tains 100 acres, 90 under cultivation. A 
five-year rotation is followed, started 
with potatoes. The potatoes are fertil¬ 
ized with 1,200 pounds or more of the 
Mapes potato fertilizer. After digging, 
wheat is sown and Timothy seeded with 
it, clover following in Spring. The 
wheat is harvested as usual and clover 
and grass follow, being cut two years. 
After cutting the second year the ma¬ 
nure is hauled out and spread on the 
sod. This sod is plowed in Spring and 
planted to corn, this completing the 
rotation. 
Formerly both straw and stalks were 
sold or put on the barnyard to be rot¬ 
ted down into manure. For some years 
past the stalks have been fed to a herd 
of cows, the milk being sent to a cream¬ 
ery. Part of the stalks are cut into a 
silo, the rest being shredded after husk¬ 
ing. As will be seen hay, potatoes, corn 
and wheat are sold in addition to milk. 
As we have not a statement of the 
weights of these crops we cannot figure 
the amount of plant food sent away 
from the farm. The cows are kept 
mainly to save the feeding value in the 
stalks, but it is evident that with the 
drain of plant food in $3,000 worth of 
grain, potatoes and hay going on for 
more than 20 years the strongest land 
left to itself would fail. This farm is 
growing stronger and more productive 
each year. This is done by the use of 
high-grade chemical fertilizers. Dur¬ 
ing this year when $3,576.99 worth of 
produce was sold 18 tons of fertilizer 
were used, mostly on potatoes, but with 
smaller amounts on all the other crops. 
This fertilizer cost probably about $600. 
Of course the clover grown in the rota¬ 
tion and the grain bought in the cattle 
feed brought some nitrogen to the farm, 
but the soil is kept productive and im¬ 
proving in power by the use of chem¬ 
icals. it must be remembered, too, that 
this is old soil, having been under cul¬ 
tivation for more than a century. 
The Soil Under a Stable. 
J. S., St. Catherines, On#.—For 14 years 
my stable has contained two horses and 
a cow. It stands about two feet off the 
ground which is a sandy loam. Until my 
possession of this farm two years ago, 
the urine was lost through the floor by 
holes purposely bored to effect its escape, ! 
and I think it safe to assume that during 
those 12 years 50 per cent of the liquid 
manure gravitated beneath, for evidently 
the former occupants made no effort to 
save, but rather to be rid of it. This 
manure has been absorbed by the soil and 
never been exposed to sun or rain; has it 
wasted by fermentation or in any other 
way to any extent? If not is it not rea¬ 
sonable to suppose that here is an amount 
of fertility overlooked, especially when I 
pay high prices for commercial fertilzers? 
The average price per load of manure is 
$1.25 and draw three miles. I can re¬ 
move my stable floor and secure perhaps 
four tons. Its physical nature is black and 
friable, not unlike some brands of phos¬ 
phate. Can you estimate its value and also 
best method of application? 
Ans. —There can be no question about 
the value of the soil under such a 
stable. A farmer might better carry 
change in his pocket and deliberately 
cut a hole in the pocket than bore holes 
in a stable floor. The value of that 
soil will depend much upon its capacity 
for holding moisture. In a sandy loam 
under such conditions we should guess 
that the upper soil will contain about 
one per cent of nitrogen—which is 
about twice as much as you will find in 
average manure. We have soil at the 
bottom of henhouse which is much like 
that under your barn. We shall dig it 
out and scatter freely over the onion, 
cabbage and strawberry ground. 
Making a Hog Pasture. 
S. TF. L., Madisonville, O .—I have a 
four-acre lot, one acre of which is wood¬ 
land, one acre orchard with clover sod and 
two acres is waste land. I intend to turn 
hogs on the whole lot this Spring. What) 
would you advise me to sow on this waste 
land for early pasture to assure the best 
results? The land is hill ground and 
rather poor. 
Ans. —Write to the experiment sta¬ 
tions of Wisconsin (Madison), Iowa 
(Ames), Indiana (La Layette) and 
Michigan (Agricultural College P. O.), 
for bulletins. From our experience we 
advise two lots. Sow one in Dwarf 
Essex rape, broadcasting the same as 
you would turnips as early as possible. 
Have a portable fence so as to keep 
the hogs off part of the lot while they 
feed on the other part. Sow the other 
lot in sorghum late in May, first soak¬ 
ing the seed in warm water. Divide 
this lot like the other. If the soil is 
poor it will pay you to use fertilizer 
to start the rape and sorghum. 
Another IIen Record. —On page 187 
T note w. S. Y.'s egg record. 51 Vfe dozen 
from 48 Leghorns. I send you my record 
from two pens: No. 1 pen, 12 ‘ pullets, 
hatched June 10, January 190 eggs: Feb¬ 
ruary 1 to 20, 150 eggs. No. 2 pen, 31 
pullets hatched April 16, January 468 eggs, 
February 1 to 20, 360 eggs, all B. P. It. 
Feed bill of January for 57 birds, S11.25; 
February, full month, 53 birds, $10.05. 
Illinois. l. r. v. 
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