CHAPTER X. 



MANURES. 



MANURES maybe divided into three classes namely, Animal, Vegetable, 

 and Mineral. 



There are many such substances which are allowed to go to waste bv 

 those engaged in agriculture. When we consider the value of manure 

 to the farmer, it is clearly his wisdom to collect together all matter and 

 substances that will fatten and enrich the soil. 



In the soil, whatever the subject may be, we cannot continue to pro- 

 duce remunerative crops without a regular and abundant application of 

 manure. Whether we may be engaged in reclaiming waste land, or if 

 we wish to farm high, we must manure high, so as to increase the pro- 

 ductiveness of the soil. It should be the aim of every farmer not only 

 to cultivate every available square foot of land, but to try by every 

 means in his power to increase the crops on his farm ; but this cannot 

 be done without a liberal application of manure to the soil after the 

 land has been properly drained and stirred up, as described in former 

 chapters. 



I shall briefly notice some of our principal manures, and also several 

 substances which are not usually taken advantage of as fertilisers, 

 but which contain certain proportions of different ingredients beneficial 

 to the soil for the supply of food for plants, and will consider them 

 under the following sections : 



1. Farmyard manure. 



2. Vegetable matter, leaves of trees, seaweed. 



3. Dead animals, blood, &c., bones, nightsoil. 



4. Road-scrapings, cleanings of ditches. 



5. Liquid manures and sewerage of towns. 



6. Peat as a manure. 



7. Soot as a manure. ' 



8. Guanoes. 



9. Common salt. 

 10. Lime. 



