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Nutritive substances are most conveniently supplied in 
the form of liquid manure and fecal substances. Here again peat^ 
mull is of the greatest help acting as a carrier of these materials, 
making them handy and at the same time preventing losses# 
Liquid manure contains mostly nitrogen and potash, fecal 
substances phosphoric acid# In the form of ash we also add much po - 
ash and lime to the compost heap*. Where liquid manure and fecal 
matter are not available, one may add to the compost heap some line- 
nitrogen and Thomas flour, 1-2^ figured on the whole bulk of the 
heap will do.- 
Air was lastly needed for the making of compost. Air we 
can only get into the compost heap by building it up l°° sel y>i 
it*will stay unless built high. Do not make it higher than a little 
avobe l/2 yard as otherwise air will be squeezed out o the lower 
part of the heap. 
Under no circumstances must one stamp or tread on the heap. 
When building a heap do net economise on. earth; it will 
keep the heap loose, will bind volatile nutritious substances and 
add bacteria.- When starting on a new heap, add a shovel of the old 
compost mould from time to time; this will inoculate bacteria into 
the new heap.- 
Very important is the proper placing of layers of the 
different materials. Until now this was done by simply placing waste 
materials, garbage, leavings etc. in layers one upon the other, lhis 
is not practical, 1, because the old compost may already be half 
ripe, while on top of the heap there may be materials not yet decom¬ 
posed; 2, because in all probability in this way_the heap will e 
built too high. Layers shou’d be placed not horizontally but slan 
ting and the heap should grow not in height but m lengtn. 
Arrange the heap in the profile section of a uriangle, l/2 
yard high and about a yard wide. Begin with earth and then Place m 
thin, slanting layers what you may happen to have on hand, we » 
mould, ash, peat, Thomas flour, earth, kitchen leavings, earth, peat 
with liquid manure etc. etc.- 
Be careful to always have earth on top of the heap. After 
some time shovel aside that part of the heap, where you B ^rted 
building it, using the free space thus gained right away for a 
heap, Oh top of the heap, along its ridge hollow out a channel to 
properly irrigate the heap.— In this way your compost will P 
and crumbly within a very short time.- . 
In following these suggestions you will have enough com- 
post not to reauire expensive stable manure nor costly mould manure. 
Your whole expense will be the purchasing -of a few bales of peat mull 
and a faw- haga of oommeroial far4iiliser #- 
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