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 Slops, S-weepings &o, 



Q. How can sloj^s and sweepings be utilized as 

 manure ? 



A. A good farmer ought always to have, at a 

 certain distance from his house, a heap of ordinary 

 or swamp earth, on which he causes the slops and 

 refuse of the farm to be thrown, scrubbing and 

 kitchen water, suds of all kinds, urines, sweepings, 

 soot, &c. 



Q. Do you know of a good process for preventing 

 these heaps from emitting a bad odor ? 



A. Yes ; this process consists in throwing over 

 them now and then, a few shovelfuls of earth. By 

 this process the heaps increase rapidly and emit no 

 bad odor. 



Q. Are these heaps of earth when impregnated 

 with all these substances, a good manure? 



A. Thevmake an excellent manure which the far- 

 mer should always make use of ; he loses several 

 dollars a year by failing to do so. 



Chemical manures. 



Q. What is meant by the words chemical manures? 



A. By these words are meant certain artihcially 

 manufactured manures, intended, partly or wholly, 

 to replace ordinary manures and especially stable 

 manure. 



