106 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



fertilizers : all agriculturists do. When 

 you plant, you think you cannot fertilize 

 too much : when you get the bills for 

 the manure, you think you cannot fer 

 tilize too little. Of course, you do not 

 expect to get the value of the manure 

 back in fruits and vegetables ; but 

 something is due to science, to chem 

 istry in particular. You must have a 

 knowledge of soils, must have your soil 

 analyzed, and then go into a course of 

 experiments to find what it needs. It 

 needs analyzing, that, I am clear 

 about : every thing needs that. You 

 had better have the soil analyzed before 

 you buy : if there is &quot; pusley &quot; in it, let 

 it alone. See if it is a soil that requires 

 much hoeing, and how fine it will get 

 if there is no rain for two months. But 

 when you come &quot;to fertilizing, if I under 

 stand the agricultural authorities, you 

 open a pit that will ultimately swallow 



