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I 'Ditch. 



VIEW FROM LOWER END. 



The water which collects in the keg should not be suffered to 

 waste, but should be poured back on the pile from time to time, 

 and the cover of the pile be opened for the purpose ; and the 

 temperature and dampness of the interior should be examined 

 by running a small grooved pole into the mass at different 

 places, twisting it round and round and withdrawing it, so as to 

 bring out some of the stuff in the middle; if this be done skil- 

 fully, the planter can ascertain the condition of each individual 

 inch from the outside to the centre. If anywhere the interior 

 be found dry, water should be poured on the top over the part 

 so found ; and when the interior of the seeds are thoroughly 

 disintegrated, and the heat has nearly ceased, the compost may 

 be used. 



If at any time the smell of ammonia is perceived, the part 

 from which it emanates should be carefully ascertained and more 

 dissolved bone put on, or a layer of earth. 



The proportions of dissolved bone and seed may be varied 

 from those recommended above, but the dissolved bone should 

 not be less than one-fourth of the weight of compost, provided 

 the dissolved bone be one of a high grade of soluble phosphoric 

 acid, The Btiwan Dissolved Bone contains the highest per- 

 centage of soluble phosphoric acid in the market. 



THE APPLICATION OF COMPOSTED FERTILIZERS TO 

 DIFFERENT GRADES OF LANDS. 



BY A FARMER. 



The only Commercial Fertilizers our people habitually com- 

 post are the different superphosphates. For this purpose it is 

 earnestly recommended to you to get the highest grade of dis- 

 solved bone in your reach, as a dissolved bone of 24 per 

 cent, solubility is worth twice as much as an acid phosphate 

 of 12 per cent, solubility. Hence, 100 Ibs. of the former will 

 go as far as 200 Ibs. of the latter. Many farmers used low grade 



