SOIL FERTILITY 



have a large admixture of earth. The sheep 

 droppings in the large stock yards are regularly 

 swept and put on the market in 25 cent boxes or at 

 I2 per 1 00 pounds. Sometimes they are pulverized. 

 The nuggets are apt to be fresher. On very 

 small areas and in window gardening, sheep ma- 



'Mv Gardkn Did Its Best." 



nure is perhaps the easiest, cleanest and best fer- 

 tilizer to handle. It can be used for indoor gar- 

 dening, dry, one part to six of soil, or in liquid 

 form, I pound to 5 gallons of water, and sprayed. 

 The up-to-date farmer saves all liquid manure, 

 for it is specially rich in nitrates, as the function 

 of the kidneys is to carry off all excess of proteid 



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