THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



good supply of sawdust and leaves at hand, 

 they are used instead of the straw. 



The heaps are forked over two or three 

 times, at regular intervals of ten days, as 

 spring approaches, to insure even ripening of 

 the whole mass, and to aid disintegration. 

 The first completed heap is used for frames 

 and garden; second, for potatoes and small 

 fruits. 



The manure in the pig-yard and cow-yard 

 is allowed to accumulate all through the win- 

 ter. Yards being covered, it is protected from 

 rain and sun, and the perpetual tramping of 

 the animals keeps it in very fair condition. In 

 the spring it is carted out to the ground, to be 

 used for coarser field crops sometimes alone, 

 but frequently in conjunction with poultry 

 droppings, which furnish the qualities lacking - 

 in cow and pig manure. 



The dropping boards in the poultry houses 

 are heavily sprinkled with dry earth or saw- 

 dust, which covers the droppings as they fall 

 from the birds during the night, and arrests 



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