344 MANURES. 



contain all that was taken by the plants from the soil and 

 from manures. 



" The SOLID DUNG contains the undigested parts of the 

 food, the more insoluble parts of the ash, and the nitro- 

 genous matters which have escaped from the digestive 

 organs. 



" The LIQUID MANURE contains the nitrogenous parts of 

 the digested food, and the soluble parts of the ash. 



" The BREATH contains those parts of the fully digested 

 food which contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, but no 

 nitrogen, or at least a very inconsiderable quantity of it." 



LIQUID MANURE. 



We believe there is no system of enriching the land for 

 small gardens, with a view to perfection of crops, so truly 

 economical and so easily available as that of using liquid 

 manure. We occasionally hear of a gardener, or an ama- 

 teur grower of some special plant or crop, that has practised 

 enriching with liquids, but it is only occasionally ; yet the 

 result of every record is in its favor, and a searching inquiry 

 into any extra production of fruit, flower, or plant almost 

 invariably gives watering with liquid manure as the cause. 

 There is in almost every family a waste of liquids, which usu- 

 ally go into the sewer or drain, or possibly upon the road, 

 where they are of no avail, but if saved by being conduct- 

 ed to a tank, would enrich the entire garden spot of vege- 



