MANUKES. 101 



POTASH. 



Potash is a very active agent in decomposing 

 vegetable matter, and may be used with great ad- 

 vantage, especially where the soil which is to be 

 "manured is deficient in potash. 



TJnleacheR wood-ashes are generally the best source 

 from which to obtain this, and from five to twenty- 

 five bushels of these mixed with one cord of muck 

 will have a capital effect.* 



The sparlings (or refuse) of potash warehouses may 

 often be purchased at suthciently low rates to be used 

 for this purpose, and answer an excellent end. They 

 may be applied at the rate of from twenty to one 

 hundred pounds to each cord of muck. 



By any of the foregoing methods, muck may be 

 prepar'ed for use in composting. 



CHAPTER V. 



COMPOSTING STABLE MANURE. 



In composting stable manure in the most economical 

 manner, the evaporation of the gases which result 

 from its decomposition, and the leaching out of the 

 ashy (and other) portions which decomposition has 



• Leached ashes will not supply the place of these, as the leach- 

 ing has "3 eprived them of most of their potash. 



