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so that plants find in it their nourishment already- 

 prepared, which operation takes a long time in green 

 and Linfermented dungs. 



Q. Which is the best method to be adopted for the 

 preparation of good dung for gardening purposes ? 



A. The best meihod is the following ; a heap of 

 dung from six to ten feet in width and from five to 

 ten feet in height, according to the extent of the 

 garden to be cultivated, is placed under a shed built 

 with a few boards or deals. After six weeks or 

 two months, the heap should be stirred with a 

 pitch fork, divided and mixed in order to throw in- 

 side the heap, that which was outside ; in this man- 

 ner the heap ferments and heats evenly throughout 

 all its parts ; the dung thus acquires its full value, 

 and all the weed seeds it contains are destroyed. 



Q. What do you think of the habit that a large 

 number of Canadian gardeners have, of carting their 

 green dungs into heaps in their gardens as soon as 

 the fall sets in ? 



A. This practice is wrong, because it causes a 

 great loss of dung when the heavy fall rains and 

 the spring thaw set in. The dung, moreover, not 

 having fermented or heated, is full of weed seeds. 



Q Do you know of any other manure that can be 

 made use of with advantage for gardens ? 



A. The other manures are ashes, lixiviated or not, 

 slops of all kinds, soot, urines &c., the whole 



