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Q. Which is the best mode of accelerating the 

 decay of cold manure. 



A. The best mode is to mix the cold and warm 

 dungs together. 



Green or vegetable Manure. 



Q. What is meant by green manure? 

 A. By green manure is meant the ploughing in 

 of plants still green and blooming. 



Q. What are the plants that best suit as green 

 manure in this country ? 



A. Glover and buckwheat. 



Q. How can you produce green manure with 

 buckwheat ? 



A. Put the seed in the ground at the begin- 

 ning of June, after having loosened it thorough- 

 ly. When the buckwheat would have attain- 

 ed its full size that is, when in full bloom, run 

 the roller over the field to beat down the stalks. 

 Then plough in the buckwheat. (*) When the 

 buckwheat is to be thus used as green manure, 

 it must be thickly sowed. 



Q. How would you produce green manure with 

 clover. 



(*) Another ezeellent and simple mode, consists in attaching to 

 the plough by means of a chain, an iron or stone weight, which drag* 

 png alongside the mold board, beats down the buckwheat before it 

 U ploughed Id. 



