MANURES AND FERTILIZERS 



given in the cultural directions which are furnished 

 with our descriptions of various vegetables. In 

 general, however, the manure is either spread in 

 advance of the first ploughing, and then turned 

 under, or is put on after the ground has been 

 worked once, being then worked in with the second 

 ploughing. The distribution of the manure is 

 generally by the use of tip-carts, as there is no 

 spreader now in use that will put on twenty cords 

 per acre by once going over. 



During the summer, fall and winter, manure for 

 the succeeding season is hauled out from the city. 

 The sources of supply are the large stables, from 

 which the accumulations of manure must be 

 removed at brief intervals all through the year. 

 It is usually piled in some place near where it is 

 to be used. However, during the summer, it is 

 my usual practice to put it into my cellars, and 

 there let the hogs work it over until fall. This 

 manure, so prepared, is, in my judgment, the best 

 I have, and is used for growing cabbages as well 

 as other vegetables; although many people do not 

 consider hog manure desirable for that crop. 



In the beginning of the winter this is teamed out 

 upon the fields where it is to be used; the cellar 



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