1^0 Fertilisers [pt. iii, ch. x 



turned and roughly mixed, and a covering of ashes, 

 charcoal or earth again spread over it. Liquid manure 

 was sometimes added. 



Earth composts were made by mixing soil with animal 

 matter, waste fish, blubber, woolwaste, shoddy, etc., and 

 treating the heap as before. The resulting fine earth was 

 drilled with seed so that the young plant started well in 

 the artificial soil. The results obtained from a well-made 

 compost were said to be as good as from farmj^ard 

 maniu-e. 



Lime composts were made by mixing lime with peat, 

 sawdust, bark, roots of couch grass, hedge clippings, 

 ditch scourings, road scrapings, weeds from fallows, 

 sods, etc., the mixture being as uniform as possible. The 

 heap was turned two or three times before use, and was 

 ready in two or three months. 



Lime composts are still used in Cumberland for pas- 

 ture land with good results. Road and yard scrapings, 

 contents of cess pits, ditch cleansings, etc., are mixed 

 with about one-eighth their bulk of burnt lime. 



