SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 

 manures many well-written works may be found 

 in most libraries. We recommend for reading, 

 once and again, till its contents become thoroughly 

 familiar, Harris's "Talks on Manures," published 

 a number of years ago. Its style is varied and 

 interesting, and the matter is highly instructive. 

 Every farmer should use this, or some equivalent 

 book, as a constant reference and guide in pro- 

 viding and applying manures; and there is no 

 other book that we know of which presents this 

 subject so clearly and intelligibly, and at the same 

 time in such an interesting manner almost every 

 page is as readable as a story. 



APPLICATION OF MANURES 



Further general suggestions on this subject 

 might seem to some almost unnecessary, but, 

 nevertheless, this is an important part of market- 

 garden work, and well worthy of attentive study. 

 As garden crops, to be of marketable quality, 

 require to be grown quickly, it is plainly requisite 

 that the land be brought into the best possible 

 condition to begin with, and then that the arti- 

 ficial fertilizers or further manurings, whatever 



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