MANURES AND FERTILIZERS 



manure contains, geine, 15.45; salts, 0.95; water, 

 83.60. Contrary to the general idea, that of the 

 horse outranks that of the cow. 



The list of materials available to the gardener 

 and cultivator for enriching the soil comprises 

 the following principal items: the animal manures 

 (like those whose analysis has been given), fish, 

 bones of animals, lime, gypsum, wood ashes, com- 

 mon salt, soot, peat-earth, seaweeds, malt dust, 

 rape-cake and linseed-cake, green succulent plants, 

 and commercial fertilizers. 



Much has recently been added to the stock of 

 general information on the nature and action of 

 manures. All the more is the subject one which 

 demands constant study and reflection on the part 

 of the practical cultivator. In view of the great 

 variety of conditions presenting themselves, it 

 often seems next to impossible for him to select 

 from the mass of available matter the points likely 

 to be of assistance to him. Yet by diligent read- 

 ing, and carefully discriminating -what he reads, 

 he will soon begin to feel the benefit of combining 

 the experience of others with that which he gains 

 for himself, and will find that the former is by far 

 the less costly of the two. On this general topic of 



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