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which are equally as beneficial to the root as to the 

 branches. Giving manure in the liquid state is by far 

 the most beneficial, and produces immediate results, 

 while at the same time it admits the action of the air 

 to the root of the plant. The tub containing this 

 manure should be set so as to get the free air out of 

 doors. 



Fowls' Dung. 



Fowls' dung is, no doubt, equal to some guano. Its 

 application to crops we find requires care, for too 

 much of it burns them up, as the saying is. The best 

 application of this manure is in a thoroughly pulverised 

 form, mixed with wood ashes and sifted. This, sown 

 at the rate of 2 or 3 pounds per rod on turnips as 

 soon as the crop is up, will prove a fine preventive 

 against the fly, and act as a rare stimulant to the crop. 

 In a thoroughly pulverised state it may be mixed, in a 

 small proportion, with the soil for potting Roses, 

 Fuchsias, &c. It may also be dug into the ground in 

 its fresh state for Onions, Leeks, Celery, Cabbage, &c. 



Rabbits' Dung. 



This proves a very good dressing for lawns, as it 

 produces fine herbage — i.e. of a fine and not a coarse 

 texture. I have particularly noticed this, while, on 

 the contrary, cowdung acts in the opposite manner. 

 This manure, as well as fowls' and pigeons' dung, 

 should be mixed with some earth, and allowed to lie 

 in heaps for some months before using it, when it 

 may be used on the garden for flowers and vegetables, 

 especially for Onions, Celery, Cabbage, Broccoli, Roses 

 on their own roots, the Gladiolus, Pseonia, &c. 



Night Soil. 



"What a waste to the community is the system of 

 washing away the common sewage into the Thames 

 and the sea ! We get rid of this, and then are obliged 

 to have recourse to the manufacture of all sorts of 



