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Nature-Study Agriculture 



Methods of 



applying 



manure 



The start 

 for a 

 garden 



W. T. Skilling 

 FIG. 99. Tools enough to start a garden. 



Much time is saved by the use of a " wheel hoe " in 

 gardening (Figs. 100 and 101). 



Stable manure may be spread over the surface of the 

 ground, and mixed with the soil when the garden is spaded 

 or plowed. The most effective way to apply manure 

 is to put it into a trench and mix it with the soil under 

 each row of vegetables. It is said that the Indians 

 used to bury a fish under each hill of corn at planting 

 time. 



Hotbeds and cold frames. Even before the frost is 

 out of the ground in spring we may begin garden opera- 



