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or yard manure six inches, sprinkle witli plaster, and cover 

 with muck. Continue this until the pile is three feet high. 

 If dung is added in any large proportion it must be forked 

 over to prevent heating. One cord of muck exposed for one 

 year to the action of air and frost, ten bushels leached ashes 

 and five bushels crushed bones, is an excellent compost for the 

 garden or orchard. Any thing that will decompose is valuable 

 in the compost heap. 



Our last words on this subject are, save every thing, solid or 

 liquid, that will make manure ; pulverize it as thoroughly as 

 possible, incorporate it thoroughly with the soil, and abundant 

 crops will rise up to reward you for your care and labor. 



NoTK. — The ashes should be added to the compost heap, at the last 

 forking over, just before spreading. If added before, they will tend to 

 liberate valuable elements which will make their escape. 



