APPLICATION OF MANURES 



they may be, should be applied in such a way 

 that the growing crops can readily reach and take 

 up this supplementary nourishment. 



In what has been said on Preparation of the Soil, 

 we have included many detailed directions for 

 applying manures to the soil, and amongst them 

 have recommended having the land ploughed 

 once in advance of the first application of the 

 manure. This gives a chance for the manure 

 (especially if it is a little coarse) to be worked into 

 the soil more thoroughly by the second ploughing 

 than it otherwise would. However, except in 

 comparatively few instances, the presence of coarse 

 manure is a serious impediment and disadvantage 

 in the process of cultivation. It should be in a 

 fine state, reduced to this condition by slowly con- 

 ducted previous fermentation, and should be very 

 thoroughly intermixed with the soil. 



Of course, as already said, it is very important 

 that market-garden crops be grown quickly, and 

 right here is the reason why quick-growing crops 

 require more manure than others that take a whole 

 season to complete their growth; it is because the 

 latter have more time in which to feel about and 

 collect their necessary nourishment from the soil 



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