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Summing up, I found that nearly everything I 

 tried the ashes on was benefited by the apphcation, 

 but that the smaller amount was as good and in some 

 cases better than the larger. As ashes draw moisture 

 and tend to bind the particles of sandy soil together, 

 they serve to help resist drouth under good cultivation. 

 — [R. M. Dunlap. 



In a large box I first placed two inches of leached 

 wood ashes. Over this I spread a layer of wheat bran, 

 packing it down with a maul. I continued until the 

 box was full. The box was allowed to stand for two 

 months, when the contents were stirred up and applied 

 to a field. It proved as valuable a fertilizer as barn- 

 yard manure or commercial fertilizer. It can be made 

 at a cost of forty to fifty cents per one hundred pounds. 

 It can be drilled in or applied by hand. For wheat it 

 has no equal. — [W. A. Kimble. 



In my experience, all valley land or land subject 

 to waste lacks potash. — [J. L., New York. 



Two teaspoonfuls potash to one and one-half 

 gallons water will kill the pea aphis without injury 

 to the plants. — [C. P. Augur, Connecticut. 



Special Remedies. — With my tomatoes there were 

 some that seemed to be dying, and on examination I 

 found a small mite or scale on the under side of the 

 leaf that looked very much like a flake of bran. I 

 pulled up the worst ones and carried them away to 

 burn, then I sprayed the rest with coal oil emulsion, 

 at a strength of one gallon of oil to forty-five gallons 

 of water and one pound of Russian soap. It seemed 

 to kill nearly all the scales. I had to turn the plants 

 over so I could get at the under side of the leaves. — 

 [P. H. Sheridan, Colorado. 



Here hangs my knapsack sprayer, which with me 

 has entirely superseded my old hand and foot force 

 pump sprayer. This little rubber bulb spray throws 



