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from a manure yard, or guano water, but made 

 in the following manner : Take a mixture of 

 sheep, horse, and cow-manure, in equal parts, or 

 any of them, if you cannot get all three, and 

 put it into a trough or old tub ; then cover it 

 with scalding water, to kill all insects and their 

 eggs ; afterwards add water, and let it settle, 

 using the supernatant liquor. When you add 

 fresh water, stir it up from the bottom, and let it 

 settle again. The value of these manures, if em- 

 ployed separately, is in the order I have placed 

 them, 



I have often used this compound in quite a 

 thick state, and I think with advantage. Of 

 course it leaves a deposit on the surface of the 

 soil, roots form under it in large numbers, and 

 it checks evaporation. If the surface becomes 

 too compact and will not admit water, it is broken 

 by stirring with a pointed stick. 



Never give water until it is required, and then 

 give enough to reach the bottom of the pot. A 

 want of attention to this rule has probably caused 

 the death of more plants than any other mis- 

 management. 

 In a well-constructed house, there is little, if 



