ORCHARD MANURE. 



of hard fruit-bearing spurs ; and this manure is all wanted, moreover, 

 for the green crops on the farm, and for these it is eminently 

 suitable. 



There should be a special corner near every farm homestead 

 especially assigned to Orchard Manure. Its foundation might well 

 be road scrapings, and parings, with ditch and pond cleanings mixed 

 freely with lime, and to this should be added the refuse cake from 

 the cider mill (or "must" as it is wrongly called in Herefordshire). 

 This material is useless for any other purpose, and now only burnt or 

 wasted, should always be returned to the Orchards. It is not great 

 in quantity, but it would always serve to indicate the Orchard 

 Manure heap. 



The following materials will be found admirably adapted for 

 Orchard fertilization, whether to encourage the vigorous growth of 

 young trees, or to restore the weak and exhausted state of those 

 which have borne large crops of fruit : 



Bone Dust 



Pure dissolved Bone 



Kainit 



Charcoal dust, or fine Coal Ashes 

 They should be well mixed and lightly forked into the surface of 

 the soil around the trees. 



Mr. With has supplied the following formula to the Hereford 

 Society for Aiding the Industrious, and it has been published under 

 the name of " With's Universal Manure " : 



I part 



1 part 



2 parts 

 20 parts 



