Sbptember 11, 1913. 



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Boiler House and Service Building of the Davis Greenhouse Plant. 



the railroad which passes it. This was, 

 of course, necessary when the igateriala 

 tor construction had to be shipped in. 

 Now it is fully as valuable to handle 

 the coal, of which the boilers consume 

 manj' carloads in the course of a season. 

 It is but one of the many features 

 which the large grower must install', 

 in order to keep up-to-date and handle 

 a big business economically. In oper- 

 ating a range of such a size the amount 

 of incidental materials and machinery 

 Till necessarily increase with the vol- 

 ume of actual results produced, even to 

 the extent, perhaps, of making the 

 service building look like a city's power 

 plant. 



SAVING STABLE MANUEES. 



An eminent authority on agricultural 

 subjects has wisely stated, "There is 

 one serious oljJ((tion to the use of 

 stable manure — tl.. re is never enough 

 of it," 



Florists have become large users of 

 substitutes for cow manure simply for 

 the reason that there is not an ade- 

 quate supply of the natural article at 

 a price the florist feels he can afford to 

 pay. There has been a prejudice against 

 horse manure, but this has been largely 

 overcome, perhaps under the pressure 

 of necessity, and in the vicinity of 

 large cities many florists now use little 

 else. The refuse of the city stables 

 has become a commercial article of im- 

 portance. With the increased demand, 

 improved facilities for handling the 

 article htive been developed, some large 

 ♦'ompany usually handling the principal 

 stable cleanings of each city. For in- 

 stance, the New York Stable Manure 

 ^^0. removes from the horse stables of 

 New York city several Imndred tons of 

 "lanure daily, the manure being loaded 

 in c|ar8 and slu^pe#> direct to lirmeTs 

 "" ^nnsylvantt railroad lines in the 

 shipping season. During the snmmer 

 months, however, when there is little 

 *! "J^'fS'nand for maiiuf«, the company 

 IS (mliged to store it, the storage 

 ■grounds being located on the Pennsyl- 

 vania Bailroad in New Jersey. The 



fresh manure is there unloaded by 

 crames and piled in heaps 900 feet long, 

 fifty! feet wide and from \wenty-two to 

 twenty-five feet high, where it remains 

 from six to eight months, during which 

 tyno, by natural fermentation, it be- 

 comes decomposed or well rotted. The 

 heaVy liquid seppage from the piles, 

 diluted with water, is pumped back on 

 the stored manure at intervals, which 

 prevents loss of strength and of plant 

 food elements, firetang and leaching. 

 The well rotted manure near the bot- 

 toms of the heaps is put through a dry- 

 ing machine and pulverized, then being 

 placed in bags of 100 pounds each for 

 shipment. 



There are similar concerns operating 

 in other cities and all are successful 

 Perhaps one of the chief reasons why 

 they have found florists among their 

 chief patrons is that a good many 

 greenhouses are so located that they 

 are not permitted to handle fresh ma- 

 nure received in open cars. To these 

 the dried, bagged article is a Itfe-saver. 



TIME FOR NICOTINB SPEAY. 



Kindly infbtm us as to the best time 

 of day for using a nicotine, spray on 

 chrysanthemums and carnations. 



T. N. 



The best day for spraying with any 

 of the nicotine solutions is a cloudy 

 day. This is not always possible dur- 

 ing the mum growing season, so I would 

 advise spraying late in the afternoon. 

 When the sun is hot there is more 

 danger of burning. During the winter, 

 when the sun is weak, we do not pay 

 mucli atitention to this, but spray any 

 time durifig the day. A. F. J. B. 



TRUMPEJ N^OISSI IN FI^TS. 



Please tell me whether Trumpet 

 Major narcissi need to be covered with 

 ashes after having been put in flats. 



C. A. 



Trumpet Major narcissi will be better 

 if covered with coal ashes unless they 

 are in a dark cellar, in which case they 

 need not be covered. C. W. 



Varysburg, N. Y. — Emry L. Bennett 

 has purchased a greenhouse, 22x75 feet, 

 and will grow flowers, pot plants and 

 vegetables. 



Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. — Philip Raw- 

 linson has sold his business to W. E. F. 

 Weber, proprietor of the Soo Green- 

 houses. 



Springfield, Mass. — Miss Louise V. 

 Taylor, who has been with N. F. Hig- 

 gins for seven years, has resigned her 

 position here to enter the employ of a 

 Boston florist. 



Boiler Room of the J. W, Davis Co., Davenport, la. 



