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Excerpt from The Manual of Manures The question of manures is of paramount importance to-day, and unfortunately it is not very well under stood yet on its comprehension depends the future of agriculture on which, as the great war has shown, our existence as a nation must depend. To be in a position to pay the high wages demanded in these times of scarcity of labour, the farmer must modernise his methods. And if, on the one hand, he tries to reduce the cost of cultivation by the use of labour-saving machinery, he ought, on the other hand, to increase his profits by the employment of artificial manures, as well as that of the farmyard. But manures increase productiveness only when they are intelligently and judiciously used. It is of no use to apply a lot of manure when the increase in production is worth less than the price of that manure. It is useless to spend a great deal of money on artificial manures, if they are applied at seasons when they will be washed away in the drainage. If they are applied to cr0ps which cannot profit economically by them, not given in theright proportions, or with the right kinds in associa tion, or, above all, if by buying without knowledge the usual price is paid for inferior products, a loss is entailed at the starting point. Whatever the method of cultivation may be, the quantity and quality of the results obtained will depend chiefly on the influence of manure. Other conditions being equal, the difference in results ought to be attributed entirely to the manures, and this difference is sometimes enormous. In some cases proper manuring may mean a two fold increase in others it will enable us to cultivate soils which otherwise could not have been touched. We know, too, that between the price of manures and the extra value of crops obtained, thanks to their use, there is a large margin of profit but this profit ought to be derived from the judicious use of these manures, and to be able to utilise them judiciously we must understand them. There are actually on the market such a variety of artificial manures, and they are introduced with so much skill, that it is very easy to be led astray as to their value and the use one should make of them. It is not wisdom either, on the part of the buyer, to rely solely and completely on the seller for advice as to what is useful or necessary for his purpose. He ought to know and be able to judge for himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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