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Hen Manure

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
February
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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-If properly saved, tho ' jnauure of fowls is more valuable than Peruvian guano, wliicli costs $1QO per ton. It shouiJ bo eomposted witli clinrooal duat, dry inuck, mould lrm tho woods, or ditoh imd roud scrapings; these niay be spread over the floor of tho poultry house, iuunediately under the roots, and ccasionally the floor shauld be spriokled with slukod liin, which wil! bsorb all bud odors, and togother with frequent whitewashiugs of the psemteei, prevent the aocumulation of vormin, so destruotive to the health of fowls. Tlie Jionsp ought to be frequently cleanea, the wanure put ato barrels, and fresh eomEost added, Tbus managed, the henouse becoujos the farners' laboratory, where guano of tho best quaüty may be anuually mayufactured, sqffioient, where imich poullry is kept, fur ftlj the ffants al the farm. jy The Senato Military Committee hftve paased upon a large nninber of Military no:ninati.ns. Gen. Scbofield's noraioatioQ, toetber wjtÜiaanv ottitir vu jxtp0#4,

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Old News
Michigan Argus