HOW TO FERTILIZE. 



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1st. One bushel of crushed bone is moi'e than equal to 

 twenty- five bushels of good farm-yard manure. 



2ud. That bone-meal is more permanent in its effects than 

 any putrescent manure usualh' produced on a farm. 



ord. That its effects on good land is more manifest than on 

 interior. 



4th. That when combined with putrescent manure, or com- 

 posted, the effect, both instant and remote, far exceeds that of any 

 inanure known. 



About twenty years ago a Mr. Bonner, of the State of iSTew 

 York, patented a process of quickly rotting manure, which was 

 tested with great success, the manure being ready for use in 

 fifteeen days. The patent expired long ago, but the process has 

 only lately been made j^ublic, and is now open to all, and should 

 be generally adopted, as the expense is yery trifling, and the la- 

 bor of handling no greater than any other compost. 



At the foot of the pen should be a vat, or hogshead, partly 

 sunk in the ground for conyenience sake, of a capacity of six or 

 seyen barrels. 



Into this yat all the soap-suds, house slop, drainage from the 

 barn-yard, etc., are to be poured. If it takes too long to half fill 

 the yat in this manner, fill in with water, or, better still, with 

 liquid manure, two pails full of stable manure to one barrel of 

 water; let it stand twenty-four hours before using. AVhen the 

 yat is fi^om one-half to tvro-thirds full, add the following mix- 

 ture : 



Unslacked Lime , two bushels. 



Soot two bushels. 



Salt four pounds. 



Saltpetre two pounds. 



Unleached Ashes two bushels. 



Land Plaster fiye bushels. 



Condensed Manure, such as Hen Guano, 



Priyy Manure, or Bought Fertilizers three barrels. 



These amounts are sufficient to decompose one ton of dry 

 wash, or ten tons of green stuff, and of course can be easily reduced 

 in quantity when desired. 



