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We never use the cow’s manure. Stable manure comes from 
horses, and I find that the more I put it on the better the 
plants thrive. 
Mr. Healy— I would like to ask Mr. Montgomery what 
properties he proposed to get from stable manure by using 
acid. 
Mr. Montgomery —We do not expect to get any chemical 
fertilizing properties out of it. The stable manure, as known 
by everybody, has a great deal of ammonia, which is fixed by 
combining with the acid. 
Mr. Healy —I do not think stable manure has anv sucht 
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value. The analysis of average manure, according to the rec¬ 
ord which is to be had at all the stations in the United States, 
places stable manure as practically worthless. There is nothing 
in the stable manure, by the analysis of all the agricultural 
stations in the United States and in Europe, that gives it a 
place as a fertilizer. I will admit that it contains ammonia, 
but that is all. There is no potash nor any phosphoric acid in 
stable manure; or rather, they tell us this scientifically. I 
have used stable manure, and the experience has been enough 
to teach me to let it alone. The question has been how to fix 
the ammonia in the stable manure. Some use land plaster. 
Lately there has been a move made in the way of trying mucks 
to fix ammonia; that is one of the best methods, and I suppose 
it is because of its cheapness. I do not think it makes any dif¬ 
ference how you apply your stable manure if you fix a large 
per cent, of the ammonia. If your land is lacking in potash 
or if it lacks phosphoric acid, you need not put stable ma¬ 
nure there with the idea that you are going to get any ben¬ 
efit. 
G. H. Wright —I do not believe that we have a fertilizer 
in Florida that is any more valuable than stable manure. I 
am using it, and have been for some time and find it sat¬ 
isfactory. The question is how to get stable manure. 
Otis Richardson—I rise to say a few words and ask a 
few questioits, perhaps, as a young grower. I have been 
some twelve years trying to raise oranges. I have used the 
nostrums of all kinds of doctors to make that grove what it 
is, but I do not get good results from it. What is the mat¬ 
ter ? The seedling trees are doing best. I want a tree doc¬ 
tor, and we want a medical institution to educate doctors and 
send them around to look at our trees and get the right rem¬ 
edy and apply it. I have lost faith in most things recom¬ 
mended, because they have failed me. Cotton seed meal 
started my trees finely, and I have used muck, cow droppings 
and stable manure. But the grove is not bearing satisfacto- 
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