296 REPORT OF THE FARM SUPERINTENDENT OF THE 
The King Phillip corn was cut and drawn on the eighidantls of 5 






Santen Gar, 
an Tons : 
Yield. per acre. 
; ; Pounds. ; 2 
Sx POWs SUL DSOLled ease ee ee oe irae ee 8, 234 14°92: 7 
Six rows not-subsoiled cv fiSe-mes sek eee | 9 , 282 16.82 



The corn was drilled in and suffered some from depredations 
by black birds, but as no especial effort was made. to ascertain 
the exact loss from each row from this cause, it remains an unde-. 
termined factor in the result, but can hardly have been of 
importance enough to have influenced the yield to the extent 
of tons. There can, therefore, be no question but that for this 
season of heavy rainfall and without perfectly good under- | 
drainage, the loosening up of the subsoil was detrimental to the 
corn crop. This was probably due to retention of much of 
the excess of water, which ran off over the surface where the 
subsoil had not been disturbed. ses 
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THE MANURE PLATFORM. 
Every one who has been observant of farm appearances and 
wastes must have noticed the black streams flowing away from the 
ordinary cow-yard, which also serves as the receptacle for all the — 
stable manure made on the farm. That this dark looking liquid — 
carries a heavy load of fertility to the nearest watercourse is 
certain, and it is just as certain that in ordinary times no farm — 
which is losing its fertility, through this agency, to any great 
extent, can be paying its owner much profit, if indeed it is nob ~~ 
running him behind through careless management. | By 
It is also one of the inobeanele facts on most farms that the 
liquid excrements which are most valuable are easiest lost. In 
order to save to this farm all the fertility of the cattle foods which 
are consumed about the barns, it was early decided to construct a 
platform on which to pile the solid excrement and soiled bedding, 7 
and to collect the liquid in cisterns which should be pumpedover  __ 
the pile as required, to prevent fire-fanging. Accordingly, this : 
platform has been located and built the past season at aconvenient —__ 
point south of the newbarn. The diagrams which accompany this a 
article show the platform in sections on a scale of one inch toten —__ 
