Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 251, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1914 — New Use for Rock Phosphate. [ARTICLE]

New Use for Rock Phosphate.

Sanitation about the dairy barn can be greatly Improved during the winter months by the use of some kind of an absorbent. For the past three years I have been using rock phosphate about my stable and find it a most excellent absorbent of the odors. This .rock I purchased with some of my neighbors In car lots. The cost per ton Is about $7. I have used a great deal of land plaster in my stables but find that the rock phosphate is much better and also restores phosphoric acid to the soil, which is very essential in plant growth. This pulverized rock Is spread about the stable immediately after cleaning, thus absorbing odors before they infest the stable.—L. C. Reynolds, in the Wisconsin Agriculturist. x