78 GENERAL rKINOIPLES, 



Mr. Wilder exhibited tAvo shoots Avhich had grown from 

 those trees since they were set, in June. The shoots 

 were four feet in length, and the wood hard, and well 

 ripened." 



In addition to all these sources for manure, it may be 

 added that fallen leaves, scrapings of streets, weeds, 

 wood chips, sawdust, the ashes of all prunings of trees 

 and brush, soot, blood, animal flesh, soap-suds, and slops 

 from the kitchen, and, in fact, everything decomposable 

 may be used to increase the bulk of the manure hea}), 

 taking care that evei-ything likely to waste by evapora- 

 tion be covered at once witli mu k, charcoal, or some 

 material calculated to absorb the gases evolved by decom- 

 position. We very frequently see people, in the spring 

 of the year, when their garden is undergoing a purifying 

 and fitting up process, carry to the highway all the brush, 

 dry stems of plants, and all the wreck of the previous 

 season's work, there to make a bonfire to get it out of the 

 way, while at the same moment they complain sadly of 

 the lack of manure. 



There was no such thing as a manure heap on the 

 premises. 



Section 3. — Modes of Applying Manure. 



Where an acre or several acres of ground are to be 

 prepared for trees, the better way is to spead the manure 

 over the surface, and turn it in with the plow. When 

 it is scarce, and economy necessary, it may be applied 

 around the roots, by mixing with the earth at planting 

 time. 



Quantity to he Applied. — This, of course, depends on 

 two things — the necessities of the soil, and the quality of 

 the manure. If the land be poor, an even covering of 

 two or three inches should be given; if in tolerably good 

 condition, one inch will be sutticient. One inch of well- ' 



