18 GARDENING FOR ALL. 
The manurial value of waste products may be summarised 
thus :— 
Soot contains from 3 to 4 per cent. of Nitrogen. 
Shoddy ‘a 5to 8 i 
Dried Blood o 6160 12 ‘6 
Hoofs and Horns ' or 10 to I5 
Bones es ate 5 ah a 
” 20 to 25 Fe Phosphoric Acid. 
Phosphatic Slag ‘ 15 to 20 ‘i , 
Carolina Superphosphate ii 23 to 27 0 i 
Wood Ashes be 5 to 10 - Potash. 
LIQUID MANURE. 
The brown liquor that frequently drains from a manure 
heap is the life-blood of the garden and farm. This should 
either be collected in wells or tanks and used as _ liquid 
manure, or it should be preserved by the proper application 
of litter or peat moss. When we bear in mind the fact that 
plants can only absorb their food in the fluid state, it follows 
that to allow rich liquid manure to run to waste down ditches, 
is a great waste of material as food for plants and a great loss 
of money. Liquid manure is one of the most valuable 
fertilising agents we have. Thousands of fruit trees of all 
descriptions would be more vigorous, more fruitful, and 
longer lived if, during winter, they were only given the 
valuable food that is allowed to run to waste, and for which 
the trees are languishing. During winter, the liquid may be 
applied to orchard trees in its natural state; for gooseberries, 
currants, raspberries, and strawberries it had better be 
diluted with clear water. 
In spring and summer the liquid manure should be 
diluted with at least twice its bulk of clear water; let the 
maxim be ‘‘ weak and often.” It is also better to apply it 
after rain, or when the ground is generally wet. Onions, 
cabbages, cauliflowers, peas, beans, asparagus, radishes, 
lettuce, celery, rhubarb, roses, and vines are all much benefited 
by frequent applications of weak liquid manure, especially 
when growing, flowering, or fruiting freely. 
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