Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 20, 1916, Page 4

t Scientific Farming .i VALUE OF FARM MANURE. Enormous Loss of Fertilizing Materials May Be Prevented. [Prepared by United States department of agriculture.] The high prices of potash and acid phosphate at this time are causing much concern among farmers who de- pend upon commercial fertilizers to supply these constituents for the suc- ressful production of their crops. If the farmers of this country had al- ways fully appreciated the true value of farm manure and-used it on their land the present situation would be much less acute. The annual loss of fertilizing materials is enormous in this country through careless handling of manure. This loss can be easily prevented in a large measure by proper methods of handling. While many BARNYARD MANUKE GOING TO WASTE. farmers are getting the most from the manure produced on their farms, yet many could well emulate the Euro- pean farmer in this matter, who saves carefully and utilizes every pound of manure available. The farmer who feeds as much live stock as possible may figure that he is recelving a double remuneration from his crops—first, from the marketing of feeds through live stock, and, second, from the fertilizing substances which are left in the manure. Practically all of the nitrogen, phosphorus and potash which are in the feeds are recovered in the manure from live stock. All land- owners, farmers and tillers of the soil should always be keenly conscious of this fact and employ methods of man- agement accordingly. . It is a well known fact that the ani- mal uses the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other elements of the foodstuff to build up the body, carry on the work of the body and to pro- duce milk, work, wool, etc. At the same time we must remember that all of these processes involve the building up and breaking down of body cells, and the component parts of these broken down cells are thrown off as waste matter. In this waste matter we have the same elements as were In the food- stuffs consumed. Except in cases of growing animals, whose bodies are in- creasing in size, practically the same amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are voided in the manure as were contained in the foods eaten. The exact percentages of these sub- stances voided by live stock varies within wide limits, depending largely upon the age and kind of animal araount of food eaten, work which the animal is doing and various other fac- tors. A young and growing animal re- tains a large part of these elements in the growing tissues of the body. A dairy cow uses a portion of them in the production of milk. A hard work- ing horse or a mature fattening animal voids from 90 to 100 per cent of them. It is then evident that a large per- centage of the elements of plant food removed from the soil by growing crops remains on the farm where these crops are fed and that the manurial value of foods is in direct proportion to their composition. When the farmers of our coun- try thoroughly appreclate the actual amounts of fertilizing constituents which are contained in farm manures and intelligently care for and utilize the manure produced on their farms they cgn save millions of dollars in fertilizer purchases, and the necessity of depending upon the purchase of these fertilizers, followed by the oc- currences of crises in the fertilizer sit- natlon such as now exists in some sec- tions. will be largely decreased. How to Grow Sweet Clover. “One of the easiest ways to get a start with sweet clover,” says a writ- er in Farm and Fireside, “is to cut any found growing by the roadside, the railroad right of way or in ceme- teries, and haul and spread it directly on your pastures, impoverished places in meadows or cultivated flelds. Cut and haul the sweet clover when it is little damp to prevent scattering of the seed.” Patronize Our Advertisers They are all boosters and deserve your business. All ads signed with mumbers, or initials, care Plomeer must be an-| swered by letter addressed to the number givea in the ad. Pioneer em- i & ployes are mot permitted to tell who the morchan'.s who ad- ., CARBON PAPER any advertiser is. Mail or send your|ygrijse fn this “ paper.| = Any Color answer te Ploneer No.——, or Initial & - , and we forward it to the ad- Theywill thm'- 108 Sheets to Box vertiser. PRICE $3.00 BEMIDJI PIONEER PUB. CO. BEMIDJI, MINN. Pioneer want ads are read. L Cpyrishir 1916 e House of uppentkeimer B KRR KKK KKK KT x * He who forgets to adver- # tise should not complain when ¥k the buyer forgets that he is # in business. It is just a case % of “forget” all around. , KRR KRR R KKRRRKK KN * ok k Kk BIDS FOR CEMENT AND CONCRETE WALKS, CROSSINGS AND CURES. Sealed bids will be received by the undersigned to be opened before the city council of the City of Bemidji, e Minn, at a meeting to be held at 8 o'clock P. M., May 1st, 1916, for doing the necessary concrete and cement work during the season of 1916. Bids for sidewalks, alley Fo’t‘)‘z street crossings to be per square . Bids for curbs to be per lineal foot. Information, plans ?nd specifications, apply to the city engineer. The ?ght to reject any or all bids is reserved. Dated Bemidji, Minn., April 18th, 1916. ’ GEO. 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