72 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



Value of Fowls. Keep fowls on the fruit lands, and 

 let them run over the ground, especially when the 

 land is being dug and after the crops are gathered. 

 Their manure is very valuable mixed with earth and 

 stored dry. Also, if possible, keep pigs in order that they 

 may eat up all vegetable rubbish grown. Mix in the ashes 

 from the house with the pig manure. Another plan, if no 

 live stock is kept, is to dig a pit 4 feet deep and 6 feet 

 square, and in this put all the kitchen and house refuse, 

 ashes, and vegetable trimmings. They will rot and the 

 manure will be useful on the land. For obvious reasons 

 this pit should be made as far from the house as 

 possible. 



In reference to the commercial growth of fruit, the 

 author is permitted to refer inquirers who wish for fuller 

 information, to his sixth edition of Fruit Farming for 

 Profit. It may be purchased, 2S. Qd. post free, from the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, Covent Garden, London. 



CHAPTER XV 

 PREPARATION OF THE LAND AND PLANTING 



AFTER a corn crop has been taken, the field should be 

 broad-shared first, then harrowed, collecting the stubble 

 and weeds for burning. Following this the field should 

 be steam-ploughed (if of sufficient acreage) as deeply as 

 possible in September or October, and the soil allowed 



