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October, 1 9 1 9
THE LANDSWOMAN
An Efficiency Test
Principles of Manuring
nr:: food of ph t~ An•i the prmc•pks of mnnurmg are subjt'ct~
wh;ch moqt f'Oillll' the aft(lntion of the culttv~tor. The
totlo.-JDIZ 1 • \t'l·t- publ "ht'tl by tl~ Bo.ucl of ~\llrtctllture ~ho~~d
T
•\. TEST wa, ht>ld at Mr. Rew'e farm, H"ILVJt~e just 0 ••
... r::xnter, on ThuT~>day, Soptcmbcr 11th
'
u.., 1 dP
I h:ld to catch the 7.22 a..m. trnln to oo In time th~ tc t.
11\"nC('d )U!It l\fter 10. Arriving at E:tl't.t'T At a.:io I
com.
my-< 11 at tht' oll\ce. Out'lld.-, T mrtsomo gtrls on th~ sn 1 ~ er:~~~
1\'i mysPlf, but ~ ho had ~OM through th<'lr milking t<-st tho ~nd
beforu and SJ)f'nt the night In the Y W.O.A.
ld Ftrllt. <'J\me hoN<'work, whi<'h consiet<-d ot groomVIUI
nnd ht\rnec;slng, putttng the horn- In thA cart, t.Akln~ it nro~n~
through gntcways and post~~ el'l'cl.<'d for the purJ>ON', ha<' kin lit
cart'! into thl'lr plaet'S and li'ttlng OUt OUr hOTN'~ taldn rhOUt
hack to the st•\bh•s nn\vat·c
ID'\0\Ut'l,
The
of ~·ttir•g ht~ bnd mto an mtrad~ble ID~"chnniclll conchtion, nnd
on , 0 me ~otl.., th•~ WJII occur 1f oert~in nrttllctal manun>:5 nr,. per·
i•tently wed. When subtltanoes bko farmyard manure, leaws,
phnt and antmnl rdu~ of Any kind At\' plou~htd or dn~ undPr
the beoetlt derl,'t'd from their decay Is two·f•)lu: (1) 1he 14011,
ts enriched by th~ atld1hon of a c--rtain amount of oll thP m~re
dJents of plAnt foorl . (2) Thrso o~nntc mntPrtnl 4 ~rradunUy
form humu-! or mould, thP preteno•• or which m.1kt, tht- w1l
workablo and b~'l~ to absorb and rt't&ln watrr Ol'rtmn art1ftctal
manures Me of thr nature of chemical lt.s (e.g, nttrate of ~oda,
sulphato of ammonia, kalmt an•l oth.-r pot.a..,h ~nlt ), and the
1nludlctous appllcatton of such suh~tanoe" hO\~ som~>times thO
f'ffect of makln~ th~ ftn grains of qo1l cohere, wsth the 1\'-1\llt that
the soil bPcomt•aeticky and a crust forms on tho <~urf~Le". COmmon
... alt mav have the ~:uno clfect. U the so1l thu<~ lo>t·.~ it.~ mi'llow
chara<'~r and 1f no farmy:utl nunW't' or kindred . u~tanoe, are
avaJl\blfl thll cult1vntor ahould re<~ort to "green manurlng"
This term means ~otrow1ng ~rtain cro~ with a vtew to ploughmg
or dlgRmq them u lll(•r, elthPr when they nre m a fresh t>t&te or
when t.h• y have b~n cut down an·i p;\rt1ally wlthl'red. Now,
Jegummous crop<\ po ~;p specie.\ prolllorb•·'l M re~torat1w
vr enrt('htnq croJ)'. Attached to the root fl.bre<~ or the~r
crop! ",u be found numerous wart-hko wclling3 C.'\llcd
nodulea , these are n.ssoc1aten of tho rm wh1ch 1 m tlw so• I and to
elaborate tlu~ M food for the lx'~llt of th~" plant it-elf. Thus
thtl puticolM fllm1ly of plants~~ <'nablf>d to ma'kt• U"~" of Atmo-
spheriC nitfollcn, and to he to '\Om~ ext<'ut md,'pcndrnt of the
ordm;~,ry !lOll anppll"'l nf th1'\ lngl't'dlcnt of th••ir i001J. C\Nnly,
pl.anta of tbt" nnturt~ nro especuuly \-a.lnnhlt for grt.~n manuring,
and V6tehos and trtfoltum (crtmson ctowr) are com•nonly "lccted
fur th' puriY>""· :\ltiJitard, rap<, and wh1to turmps nro quick
growers and auitahlo for ~n manurmc;, though they may not
enrich the 1011 to till' l!l&me extent as tbo l"gumt's do
''7E
East Kent
deeply re~l'l.'t to announce the dt•ath of 1\Ii~s K Dox, one
of our tmct{)r drncrs. She pn<~..o;ed away at her homo at
Ram!lll'