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where are grown several crops in a single season, 

 maintaining a constant drain upon the nourish- 

 ment afforded by the soil, such a plan would not 

 be found to work well. 



One reason for this is that where two or three 

 crops are to be grown during the season, the par- 

 ticular kind of fertilizer which would be required 

 by one crop might be of little or no value to the 

 others. And moreover, it would be a very difficult 

 matter to apply, from time to time, sufficient 

 quantities of commercial fertilizers to carry all 

 the crops to maturity. But stable manure answers 

 well for all crops, and so, if desired (though not 

 always necessary or convenient), enough can be 

 applied at the time of ploughing, in the spring, 

 to carry all the crops through the season. 



Green or composted stable manure, besides 

 the increased store of plant food it directly provides 

 for the growing crop, increasing its vigour, and, 

 enabling it to strike deeper, has no doubt a bene- 

 ficial effect upon the mechanical condition or 

 texture of the soil. This is not the case with the 

 commercial fertilizers, which, if used without 

 the stable manure as a corrective, in course of 

 time make the land sodden and heavy. Thus 



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