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reach down near the 'bottom of the cask. After settling, the water 

 can be dipped off the top. It should have the appearance of weak tea. 

 By shooting in more water from time to time the supply will last 

 some time. It should be applied with a watering pot, with sprinkler 

 removed, .and directed into the soil at the base of the plant; not 

 sprinkled on the foliage. This is safer than running the liquid manure 

 in a trench, for one is less apt to carry around too much. Liquid 

 manure can also be made from chimney soot in the same way. 



The waste of calcium carbide from acetylene outfits can be used as 

 lime. ' "It has no other appreciable fertilizing value. The same is true 

 of the refuse lime from sugar refining. 



Nitrate of soda is a good plant stimulant. It is largely used by 

 florists at the rate of one teaspoonful to three gallons of water. If 

 used too often, it may kill the plants or cause overgrowth. Watch 

 the plants: their appearance will indicate wh'en to use a pushing fer- 

 tilizer. 



Bones, dead fowls or small animals, etc., can be turned to good 

 account by burying at the roots of trees or shrubs of all kinds. 



Special mention of fertilizing materials and policies will appear 

 later in the discussion of the plants, to which experience has indicated 

 their particular adaptation. 



