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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1974
Urge wise use of manure
Barnyard manure as a fertiliz-
er source is too often overlooked
or improperly used. Says Dr.
C.S. Baldwin, head of the
soils section at Ridgetown
College of Agricultural Tech-
nology: "Manure should be con-
sidered one of our most import-
ant by-products in agricultural
production."
The time-honored equation
of one ton of manure being
approximately equal to 100
pounds of a 10-5-10 commercial
fertilizer appears to be too low,
he says, and farmers with access
to a source of barnyard manure ,
can save money by using this as
fertilizer, with a commercial
fertilizer supplement.
Chemical analysis of barn-
yard manure is the key to cal-
culating the amount and grade
of commercial fertilizer to use
as a supplement. Manure sample
may be submitted for analysis
to the Department of Land Re-
source Science, Ontario Agric-
ultural College, University of
Guelph. From the resulting
analysis report on the nitrogen,
phosphorous and potash content
of their manure, farmers will
be able to calculate the amount
and quality of commercial fert-
ilizer to add,
Extensive experiments at
Ridgetown involving manure
applications on corn offer some
evidence as to its nutritive
value.
In a 10 -year trial, corn yields,
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were increased by 23 bushels per
acre from a yearly application
of 15 tons per acre of steer man-
ure. The complete findings for
this experiment were as follows:
89 bushels per acre were prod-
uced on a plot given no manure
or fertilizer; 112 bushels on a
plot given manure only; and
117 bushels on a plot given
manure supplemented by a 10-
10-10 fertilizer at a rate of
1, 000 pounds per acre.
Tests to determine the phosph.
orous and potash content of the
manured soil over the 10 -year ,
period produced similar results.
Phosphorous levels in the untreat-
ed plot dropped slightly, while
potash levels remained the same.
Phosphorous levels in the man-
ures plot rose slightly within
the high -minus level, while
the potash level in the same
plot rose dramatically from a
medium reading to a high -plus
reading. In the plot treated with
a combination of manure and
commercial fertilizer, phosph-
orous rose from a high -minus
to a high -plus, potash from a
medium -minus to a high -plus.
Work has been done at Ridge -
town on the nutritive value of
different types of manure. Beef,
swine and poultry manure were
each applied at a rate of 5, 10
and 20 tons per acre. Corn yields
for the soils treated with the
different types and at the varying
rates were then compared.
At 5, 10 and 20 tons per acre,
beef manure produced corn
yields of 100, 107 and 117 bush-
els respectively per acre; swine
manure, 105, 116 and 127
bushels; and poultry manure,
122, 136 and 131 bushels, These
yields compare with 84 bushels
per acre produced on a plot not
treated with manure or fertilizer
"An actual dollar value for thei
three different types of manures
can easily be calculated from
the yield results obtained, "
says Dr. Baldwin. "The value
per ton of manure depends on
the price per bushel that is plac-
ed on corn."
When barnyard manure is
used, farmers should reconsider
their commercial fertilizer
requirements. "Far too many
farm operators apply the man-
ures but never really take this
into account when planning
their commercial fertilizer pro-
gram."
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