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M they will grow a little before hein- killo.l l,v the 

 frost, when they will fall down, thus affi.nli- 

 beneficial mulch to the soil. 



When farmers spread coarse manure on their field* 

 in the fall to be plowed under in the sprinir, th.-y b,. n . 

 efit the land by the mulching, jwrlmps u modi 

 the addition of fertilizing matter, beow ^i v * e 



it the protecting influence of the straw. 



It is an old and true saying that "snow is the 

 poor man's manure." One reason why it is so ; 

 ficial is, that it acts as a most excellent mulch. It 

 contains no more ammonia than rain-water does 

 and, were it not for the fact that it pmterts tin- 

 against loss of heat, and produces other benetr- 

 mulching, it would have no more advantageous e fleet. 

 The severity of the winters at the North is la:-. 

 compensated for by the long duration ot'sn>\v. 



It is well known that when there is but little snow 

 in cold countries, wheat is very liable to be MM 

 killed. An evenly spread mulch, and thorough 

 draining, will greatly prevent this. 



This treatment is peculiarly applicable to the cul- 

 tivation of flowers, both in pots and in beds nut if 

 doors. It is almost indispensable to the profitable 

 production of strawberries, and many other garden 

 crops, such as asparagus, rhubarb, etc. An e\ 

 lent treatment for newly transplanted trees, is to put 

 stones about their roots. A good mulching, by the 

 use of leaves, copying the action of nature in f>r 

 has nearly as good an effect ; for it is chiefly as a 

 mulch that the stones are beneficial. 



