WHEN TO APPLY MANURE.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 73, 1 March 1883, Page 3

WHEN TO APPLY MANURE.

— r ~^ i The common practice is to cart tlife manure from th« born yard once, a year, rtnd ussually done in tlffc' syiring. In this wiay the 'h&uling; is done when other wof'k is pressing,' and while the ground is soft. It is. better to draw nut the roaiiure ex-i vosedin rtpen yards, as it accumulates, ami drop it. in heap* in th^ fif-lds where it is to be used. With the besi facilities tor kipping the manure —that' 'i 4, with a barn*'cellar— the>e is less loss in keeping it Under cover, a'mij when well ratted, apply it to the* ground jirst at the time wheu it Will' be of the most benefit to the crop.j vianure is considered as so nrnchj capital used in crowing the crop, ; e idbears interest only as 'it is used bv| the plants. If beets or turnips need/ the most manure 'in midsummer, it is economy to apply it Miem, provided there is the proper 'facility for making, [ storing, and turning o;it this valuable! fertilize* every month in the year..Grass lands can make-use of manure at nearly all times, aid "upon these; t may be ppread in win'ter'witb efco j nomy T»f 'hlbor and Cxcellerit results. i — Agricultural Paoer. |