30 MANURES. 



some other kind occasionally used, in order to furnish the 

 soil with all the elements of plant growth. 



Liquid manures are also of service to many crops, but 

 should always be used freely diluted. 



All manures for garden purposes should be immediately 

 plowed or spaded in after they are applied. 



The quantities of each kind to be applied to an acre are 

 given below. They vary much in their range, as the 

 present condition of the soil as to fertility must be taken 

 into consideration, and this must be left to the judgment 

 of the cultivator. 



Barn-yard manure; five to twenty tons, or thirty to 

 forty cubic yards. 



Bone-dust ; sixteen to twenty bushels, or seven hundred 

 to twelve hundred pounds. 



Fresh fish ; twenty-five to forty bushels. 



Fish guano ; four to six hundred pounds. 



Guano ; three to eight hundred pounds. 



Gypsum ; five to six hundred pounds. 



Horn shavings ; twenty-five to forty bushels. 



Hops ; thirty to forty tons. 



Lime ; fifty to one hundred and fifty bushels. 



Night-soil ; twenty bushels. 



Poudrette ; twenty-five to thirty-five bushels. 



Salt ; two to six bushels. 



Soot ; twenty to fifty bushels. 



Sulphur ; six to eight pounds. 



Sulphuric acid j thirty to forty pounds. 



Super-phosphate ; five hundred to a thousand pounds. 



Tanner's refuse ; five to eight hundred pounds. 



Wood ashes ; twenty to forty bushels. 



We have devoted a large space to this subject, but its 

 importance requires it. If, there is anything in which 



