ommendecl hy DoAvning for strawl)erri(^j^/aR H.alToi\]s 

 a permanent and powerful stimnlns, aiid is free from 

 weed seed. That nianufactnred ])y the Lodi Compa- 

 ny, has a very Iiigh reputation. 



Hen and Pigeon dv.nrj. — These are actlve^and power- 

 ful fertilizers. Every farmer by taking a little pains, 

 can gather a considerable quantity hy properly man- 

 a«:ino; his Jienhouse. When o'athered it should be 

 mixed with plaster or charcoal dust to retain the am- 

 monia. When preserved in this way it is almost, if 

 not quite equal to the imported guo.no. 



Charcoal — It should be applied in small lumps or 

 dust. It being porous, it has the power of a'osorj^ing 

 various gasses from the atmosphere, and, when subse- 

 quently placed in the soil, it readily yields them to 

 the plants. It also loosens tough soils, and, by its 

 black color, ii\creases their warmth. Its effect in Hqw- 

 er gardens is, perhaps, more marked and obvious, than 

 any where else, it giving a deeper color to everything 

 to which it is applied. 



SaU.—Thh article of late years,liasbeen extensive- 

 ly used as a fertilizer. It should be sown broad-cast 

 or incorporated with other articles in the compost heap, 

 jtt.is especially adapted to the plum tree, sea-kale, as- 

 paragrass and plants of a like nature. It is said that 

 an asparagrass bed may be so covered as to kill all 

 weeds, and yet it proves beneficial to the asparagrasg? 

 producing larger, and more succulent sprouts* ",; 



Bone Dust. — This article is peculiarly adapted to 

 ra^ising turnips, wheat and grass. It is an excellent 

 fertilizer to place about old Pear trees, where' -some of 

 the elements of the soil are so exhausted as to cause 

 .the^ fruit to crack, Horn shavings from comb manti- 

 fa^cturies have the same effect. 



^.. Ashes- — These may be used, leached or unleached, 

 ,with good effect, at all seasons and in all kinds of soils, 

 though th-ey best snit lands of a light, sandy, or gtaV- 

 dly nature. Every family makes more or less' of 



