The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



ground is dry, but always after a rain or arti- 

 ficial watering. 



A barrel once filled can be used over and over 

 again until the liquid begins to appear pale in 

 color, when the manure should be removed from 

 the barrel and fresh supplied. If there is only 

 a limited demand for this fertilizer, one filling 

 will last out the sunmier, but where there are a 

 number of uses for it it will need one or more 

 renewals. Any kind of animal manure may be 

 used — that from the horse stable being usually 

 the most available but use may be made of the 

 manure from the cow stable, the sheep pen or 

 the rabbit hutches, but not from the poultry 

 houses as this form is too strong to be used in 

 liquid form, though its use in dry form is ex- 

 cellent for many vegetables. 



Tomato supports are among the useful ad- 

 juncts of the garden and very good home made 

 ones can be provided by utilizing the wire hoops 

 that come around barrels, staphng them to four 

 stout stakes; by their use a considerably larger 



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