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corporated with the surface soil with a horse culti- 

 vator or by means of shallow ploughing. It is too 

 often the case, that the manure is shoveled close 

 around the body of the tree. It will take a long 

 time before it can be of any use in furnishing the 

 tree with nourishment, on account of its distance 

 from the rootlets through which the tree takes up 

 its food. It should always be borne in mind that, at 

 the end of five or six years from the tune of plant- 

 ing, the roots will extend several feet from the body 

 of the trees, and if they have been set out 12x15, 

 manure spread anywhere on the surface will come 

 in contact with the roots. If profit is a matter of 

 consideration, then keep the land in good " heart " 

 by annual dressings of manure, and the outlay will 

 be returned ten fold. I have in numerous instances, 

 to single specimens at a time, applied the manure in 

 a liquid form ; and, when care is taken, I have not 

 the least doubt of it being the most economical and 

 best way. I know of one or two cases, where young 

 trees have been injured by the application of large 

 quantities of liquid manure from the barn yard. It 

 should always be diluted with four or five times its 

 bulk of rain water, then it may be given in moderate 

 doses once at week until the first of August. If 

 the applications are made much later than this date, 

 the young wood will be succulent and liable to be 

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