APPENDIX. 



APPENDIX A. 



IT may be well to state that the kinds of strawberries used 

 by Mr. Harker were the Brighton Pine and the Lady of the 

 Lake, two varieties originating in his own State, Mass. 



They are not offered as the best, but as illustrating the 

 only principle that should guide the grower in selecting the 

 kinds most suitable for him. Grow those kinds known to suc- 

 ceed best in your own neighborhood. 



APPENDIX B, 



Domestic waste. By this is meant all the liquid refuse 

 of every kind from the house. On the Wellson estate every 

 drop of water from the sink, the bath-room, and water-closet 

 was collected in a large cistern sunk in the ground at a 

 short distance from the house. This mixture was used as 

 described, and proved efficient in keeping the land up to a 

 highly fertile point. The pump was used regularly summer 

 and winter, and no inconvenience resulted to anybody. In 

 winter it ran away under the snow, and, in summer, advan- 

 tage was taken of a fall of rain, to wash it into the soil. 



Very few people are aware of the great waste in our 



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