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The  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
Value  of  Manure 
Two  men  argue  over  the  value  of  ma¬ 
nure.  A  claims  that  where  cows  are  fed 
on  hay  alone,  manure  is  very  £Dor,  hut 
grain-fed  stock  give  much  better  manure. 
B  claims  no  matter  what  they  are  fed,  the 
manure  contains  the  same  percentage  of 
fertilizer,  ton  for  ton.  Which  is  right? 
Vernon,  N.  Y.  c.  s. 
Just  consider  the  following  table  for 
a  moment.  It  shows  the  amounts  of  plant 
food  in  1,000  lbs.  of  different  feeds : 
Nitrogen.  Phos.  acid.  Potash 
Mixed  hay . 
12.2 
3.8 
16.4 
Clover  hay .... 
20.5 
3.9 
16  3 
Wheat  bran.... 
25.6 
29.5 
16.2 
Cottonseed  meal 
60. 
27. 
18. 
Cornmeal  . 
17. 
7. 
4. 
Cornstalks  .... 
10.7 
3.3 
8.9 
The  manure  must  come 
from  the 
food 
consumed.  It  might  be  possible  for  an 
animal  to  live  almost  entirely  on  clover 
hay  and  produce  manure  about  as  rich  as 
if  she  consumed  cornstalks  or  mixed  hay 
and  cornmeal,  but  if  the  animal  is  fed 
wheat  bran,  cottonseed  meal  or  other 
strong  concentrates,  there  will  naturally 
be  more  plant  food  in  the  manure.  Such 
manure  will  not  only  be  richer,  hut  more 
available. 
What  to  Eat  and  Why 
^ Making  a  Big  Word  an 
Easy  Part  of  Your  Diet 
CAR-BO-HY-DRATES  make  up  about  60  per 
cent  of  the  average  diet.  They  produce  heat 
and  energy.  They  are  largely  secured  from  the 
grain  and  vegetable  starches. 
In  the  long,  slow  baking  by  which  Grape-Nuts 
is  produced  from  wheat  and  malted  barley,  the  grain 
starches  are  partially  pre-digested.  They  are  changed 
to  “dextrins”  and  “maltose”-- forms  of  Carbohy¬ 
drates  so  easy  to  digest  that  they  form  the  basis  of 
the  most  successful  baby  foods. 
Coal  and  Wood  Ashes 
In  spite  of  all  that  we  can  say,  and 
the  information  is  repeated  over  and 
over,  there  are  still  many  people  who  do 
not  understand  the  difference  in  fertiliz¬ 
ing  value  between  wood  ashes  and  coal 
ashes.  Many  people  appear  to  think  that 
they  are  of  equal  plant  food  value,  when 
they  are  essentially  different.  An  aver¬ 
age  sample  of  unleached  wood  ashes  will 
contain  for  every  100  lbs.  about  5  lbs. 
of  potash,  30  lbs.  of  lime,  and  nearly 
3  lbs.  of  phosphoric  acid.  This  is  a  good 
combination  of  the  mineral  fertilizers  for 
any  crop,  hut  chemists  and  fertilizer  man¬ 
ufacturers  have  never  been  able  to  put 
together  any  combination  of  chemicals  of 
equal  analysis  which  will  give  the  results 
following  the  use  of  wood  ashes  on  a  gar¬ 
den. 
Many  people  have  digestive  trouble  caused  by  the 
food-starch  in  its  original  form,  but  Grape-Nuts  has 
been  famous  for  a  quarter-century  for  its  exceptional 
ease  of  digestion,  and  assimilation,  and  its  splendid, 
building  nourishment.  It  is  a  food  for  strength  and 
energy,  delightfully  crisp  and  appetizing,  made  today 
by  the  same  formula  which  first  brought  this  charm 
for  taste  and  aid  to  health  to  the  world’s  dining 
table.  Grape-Nuts  contains  the  iron,  phosphorus 
and  the  essential  vitamin,  so  often  lacking  in  modern, 
“refined”  foods. 
Many  servings  of  real  food  value  in  a  package 
of  this  economical  food.  At  your  grocer’s  today — 
ready  to  serve  with  cream  or  milk. 
The  coal  ashes  are  entirely  different. 
There  is  practically  no  fertilizer  except 
the  small  amount  of  lime  and  potash 
which  will  come  from  the  wood1  burned 
in  connection  with  the  coal,  and  pure  coal 
ash  would  have  practically  no  fertilizing 
value.  Yet  it  may  be  useful  for  various 
purposes  when  the  fine  coal  ashes  ate 
spread  on  a  heavy  clay  soil.  They  will 
work  in  and  help  to  make  that  soil  loose 
and  porous.  In  like  manner,  when  they 
are  worked  into  a  dry,  open,  sandy  soil, 
they  help  to  make  it  more  compact,  so 
that  it  will  hold  water  to  better  advan¬ 
tage.  Coal  ashes  make  a  good  mulch  to 
pile  around  fruit  trees  or  currant  hushes. 
They  do  not  add  much  if  any  plant  food, 
but  they  keep  the  ground  cool  and  moist, 
and  also  serve  to  keep  down  the  weeds. 
The  sifted  coal  ashes  also  make  a  good 
absorbent  for  liquid  manure.  Placed  in 
a  box  or  barrel,  or  in  some  place  under 
shelter,  the  liquids  from  barn  or  house 
may  be  poured  over  them.  They  will 
absorb  the  small  amount  of  plant  food 
in  these  liquids  and  hold  it  securely. 
Then,  when  they  are  dry,  they  can  be 
broadcast  like  any  fertilizer.  One  good 
way  to  use  nitrate  of  soda  or  sulphate 
of  ammonia  is  to  dissolve  the  liquid  in 
water  and  then  pour  it  over  the  coal 
ashes  to  be  handled  as  above  described. 
Wood  ashes  should  never  be  used  in 
connection  with  organic  fertilizers  like 
chicken  manure,  dried  blood,  or  ordinary 
stable  manure.  The  lime  which  they  con¬ 
tain  is  in  a  chemical  form  which  would 
unite  with  the  ammonia  and  drive  it 
away  as  a  gas. 
The  sifted  coal  ashes  may  be  used 
under  the  perches  and  in  the  henhouse  to 
dry  out  the  manure,  but  wmod  ashes 
should  never  be  used  for  that  purpose. 
It  is  not  wise,  as  a  rule,  to  try  to  mix 
wood  ashes  with  other  chemicals  so  as 
to  make  a  complete  fertilizer.  The  ashes 
are  so  fine  and  powdery  that  they  will 
not  mix  well,  and  it  is  better  to  apply 
the  ashes  broadcast,  well  worked  into  the 
ground,  and  use  the  needed  chemicals  in 
the  hill  or  drill.  Many  people  wrho  have 
a  small  place  find  themselves  in  the 
Spring  with  a  supply  of  chicken  manure 
and  a  fair  quantity  of  wood  ashes.  The 
two  together  make  a  good  combination, 
but  it  is  not  desirable  to  mix  them.  The 
best  plan  will  be  to  broadcast  the  ashes 
after  spading  or  plowing  the  land,  and 
work  them  well  in  with  a  rake  or  a  cul¬ 
tivator.  Then  make  the  chicken  manure 
as  fine  as  possible,  and  scatter  it  along 
the  drills  or  around  the  hill,  and  have  it 
well  worked  into  the  soil. 
GrapeNuts 
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Reliability 
is  a  part  of  the  bargain 
when  you  buy  Kelly 
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with  a  national  reputation. 
Kelly  Trees  are  a  source  of 
future,  sure  profits — and  they 
cost  no  more  than  other  trees. 
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Catalog,  lists  and  prices 
— also  proper  methods  for 
ordering  and  planting. 
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1160  Main  Street  Daniville,  N.  Y. 
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with  the  first  warm  days  of  spring. 
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