Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — The Barnyard. [ARTICLE]

The Barnyard.

It is more economical in open barnyards to allow cattle to trample the coarse materials, the manure being composted in a heap under shelter until the materials in the barnyard are broken fine by the feet of the animals, when they may be added to the heap, the whole to be composted and enough fresh manure added to create heat in the heap. When the rains are permitted to wash out the soluble matter there will not be enough available plant food remaining to pay for the hauling and spreading of the “made” manure on the land in the spring