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iNTKolil rTloN To MW KI>ITI<»\. XVII 



manunw. It .l.'|«.n.ls. .|..ul.tl.-s.s. on th.- huxl an.l on rin uni- 

 Hlanr»-«. It is w.ll to know tluit nianun- on ^fnws lan.l, will ho 

 iarn'a/*.. tin- K'r<>» th of tlu- K>»«xi K'nirtst-*. jw to sinoth.-r {]u- 

 w ^^I.H. NVar my lioUi*.- \va« a pi.MV of land that I want^.l to 

 nialifiiUoa lawn. I »*ow»mI it with jcnuw M-^tl, hut th»- wi-^sIm 

 Hin -tiivriHl it out. I plow.-l it. an.l h.Knl it. an.l ri-8.ts|..,l it. 

 hut still thr wi-,^i.H ^'nw. Mallows ram.- up hy tin- lh..u.s;ir»<l! 

 with ..Ih.r wii-ils t.N. nunHTou.s to n».-nli.>n. It waw an .•>»•• 

 H.H'. W». ni..w»Hl th.- w.^^ls. hut alrn.wt .l.-spainil ..f .v.t 

 Mi.ikinK adii-.nt hitof ^Tx-vs lan.l ..ut of it. It ho hap|HniH| 

 that. on«' yt-ar. wi. plar.-«l th.- thiok.n .-.Hips ..n this njis.rahle 

 w.^.ly HjN.t. Thf h.iw an.l .hi.k.ns wi-n- k.-pt tlurr f..r Hc'veral 

 w,-«-kH. Till' f«i-«l an.l th.- drippinKn inaiK- it I.K»k more un- 

 HiK'htly than evor. hut th.- n.-xt HprinK'. «»« if l»y nia>,'i<-. the 

 W.H..L* w.-n- p.nt' jui.l the lan.l wa8 iov.-r.-tl with .lark >^'r.-.-n 

 luxuriant »n^iHS. 



In r^-^iinl t.> th.- u.s.- of iN.txsh as a nianur.'. w havr still 

 niu.h to l.ani. It w.ml.l s.sni that our ^;niin .rops will ujw 

 mrln. if th.y «ann..t pi potash, fli-y niu.h pr.-f.-r th.- i»otiwh, 

 ami will ^'n.w nui-h ni..r.- luxuriantly wlu-n-. in th.- H.iil or ma- 

 nun-, in )i.l.liti.>n t.. th.- .>th.-r .-l.-ni.-nts <)f plant f.HwI. i>..ta.sh m 

 ahun.lant. Hut th.- in.Tejw»-«l jfn.wth rau.s...| hy th.- |K.i;wh. iH 

 prinri|Killy. if not .-ntin-ly. Htniw. or l.-av.-s an.l Ht«<in. Natiir.} 

 iiiak."!. a ^n^'-it .'iTort to pn.pa;,':it.- th.- s|Kvi.'s. A plant of wh.-at 

 or harl.-y. will pnxlu..- .S.-.-.I if this i.s p«»Ksihlf. ev.-n at th.- .x- 

 p«'n.s»'..f th.- ..th.r parts of th- plant. 



Forjrrain crops. cr.»wn for H.-.-.I. tli.-n-fon-. it woul.l s.'.-ni to 

 Ix- .-ntin-ly unpn>tital.l.- to us<- |M.tjush as a nianur.-. If tht- H<»il 

 contain.s tlu- oth.-r .-It-in.nts of plant f.Knl. th.- a.Iil tion of 

 IHitash may Kiv.« us a nmch m..ri> luxuriant j^owth of l.-av.-s 

 and st.-m. hut no mon- ^niin .)r .sit-d. F.»r hay. or K^ana or fod- 

 der cn>|>s. the ca.se i.s v.-ry diff.-n-nt. an.l in.tash may often 1x3 

 usetl on th.-s«' crops to ^.-at a«lvantaj;<'. 



I am incline.] to think that c.msi.lerahl.- nitrat.- of .s<Kla will 

 yet h«^ U.S.-.1 in this country for manun-. I d.tnot stipi>f)si' it will 

 pay as a rule, on wh.-at. com an.l .>thtr standard j,'rain crojw. 

 But thepinlener. s.'.-d CT'i^.-r. and nurseryman, will find out 

 h<»w t.) us.' it with K^r.at pn.fit. Our nurs.'rymen say that they 

 cannot use artificial manures with any advanta;je. It is un- 

 douhLnlly true that a dressing of KU|>.-rphosphate, nnvm on a 

 hl.K-k of nurs«-ry tre.s. will do little p[<mm1. It nev.^r reaches the 

 r.>otsof th.- j.lants. Sup.ri>li..sphat.' can not Ix- washed down 

 deep into the soil. Nitrate of soda is na<lily carri.-d down, as 



