MAKING LIQUID MANURE. 



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nitrate of soda, 2 oz. of the former and 1 oz. of the latter per 

 square yard, but salt should not be used on wet land. 



Beans. — In the main, the raanurial treatment that suits Peas 

 will suit Beans, and they may, therefore, be considered together. 



Beetroot. — A grossly over- manured crop. In my opinion, a 

 man, tilling his soil well, who kept manure away from his Beet 

 altogether for ten years, would get 50 per cent, more usable, saleable, 

 and show roots than another who manured his ground every season. 

 Beet, Carrots, and Parsnips want a deep, finely pulverised soil, and 



FIG. 9.-AN EASY WAY OF 

 MAKING LIQUID 

 MANURE. 



This consists of a perforated 

 tin A containing sheep 

 droppings or other man- 

 ure, fixed over a wooden 

 bucket B and under a 

 tap. 



The weak liquid manure 

 resulting is safe for nearly 

 all plants. 



nothing else. People sometimes think that they put a formidable 

 poser when they ask about barren, hungry, neglected land. They do 

 nothing of the sort. True, I recommend a little manure in such 

 cases, but I always advise them to put it at least 15 inches below 

 the surface. I know, do you see, that if they shift the soil deep 

 enough to get the manure buried more than 1 foot deep, they must 

 till the soil pretty well ; and I also know that if I did not give them 

 an object in shifting so much soil they v/ould not do it. As a 

 matter of fact, a mixture of superphosphate, sulphate of potash, 

 nitrate of soda, and bone flour, in the proportions of 3, 2, 1, 1 



