WHEN MANURE WAS KING FROM A 1918 REFERENCE

SOME readers may wonder what the hell is going down, with such a tittle.
Nothing to worry. But you will probably not find another blog about gardening/horticulture with the subject, since most people live in cities and just use chemicals. However once upon a time there were none of these.

FARM MANURES

We cannot know the relative values of manures without some knowledge of their composition, and in comparing these values we must assume that the various kinds
of animals have been fed in a normal way, receiving a reasonable amount of nutritious
feeds. In these comparisons we must also assume that all of the liquid manure is saved with the solids. If this is not done, as is so often the case, the figures mean little to us, because, generally speaking, the liquid portion of the manure contains nearly half of the plant food, and the more valuable half, at that, since it is in quickly available form.

Horse manure. Accepting Van Slyke's estimates of production and value, a horse produces about 18,000 pounds of manure annually for each 1,000 pounds of live
weight, to which there should be added the bedding, which has its plant food made
rapidly available by mixture with the manure. The manure (not including the bedding) contains 128 pounds of nitrogen, 48 pounds of phosphoric acid and
108 pounds of potash; and of this amount the liquid contains nearly two fifths
of the nitrogen and more than two fifths of the potash.

If we place a cash valuation upon this manure on the basis of prices prevailing before
the European War, the value of the manure produced annually by a horse per 1,000
pounds live weight is $23.60, or $2.62 per ton. Conditions prevailing during the summer of 1917 easily doubled this valuation, which is given rather for comparison
with those of other manures and commercial fertilizers than as the price any farmer

should put upon his supply.

from
FARM KNOWLEDGE
A Complete Manual of Successful Farming
Written by Recognized Authorities in All
Parts of the Country; Based on Sound Principles
and the Actual Experience of Real Farmers
"The Farmer's own Cyclopedia"

Volume II

PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.
BY

DOUBLE DAY, PAGE & COMPANY

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK

This book was a present from Federico, one of those friends lasting
like one of those long matches for barbecuing...But the present will last
as long as I can hang around.

It is really rare besides being old, with impressive prints, works of art in miniature. Besides that, the information, considering the times, is really
advanced considering what one watches in television and read in different media regarding agricultural practices all over.

If you are a serious, rigorous gardener, you would study how manures can improve your garden. I have integrated to my compost,
dog poop and hair. If you follow the example given you could calculate the amounts of dog manure annually. With Diva, a dog of sixty pounds,
for argument sake, two pounds a week, for 104 total. In addition to dry,
green leaves, shredded newspapers, it will certainly reach over two hundred pounds!

Depending on your interests, how far you want to develop your knowledge, skills this type of reading may expand not only the views about up keeping your garden, but realize how much stupidity there
is all over the world regarding NATURE. Think of it.


To be continued...Cow, pig, sheep and hen manures. Farewell, words for thought. The feeble minded will often sing about the sweet smell of cut lawns, being around nature while playing GOLF, forgetting the irritable noise, pollution with gas/oil and smoke, destruction to the environment both create.

The book does not mention the intense smell of different manures. The worst in my humble, are pig and hen..Time to go....

IF YOU LIKE THIS
check
ANGLOSPANO REVIEW
THE
MICHAL BROWN

LOVE POSTCARDS

TO YOURS TRULY

circa 1984-85

anglospano review is another product of the 'intelect'
of antigonum cajan
but reproduced verbatim
from the actual postcards...