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5 
✓ 
(Ij.) Fill -a*.-sin with dry earth and pack by 
pressing finrly until th ground is a/- -'.in level. 
A slight ridge should he left in a ring outside 
the hole- to catch and'hole water. 
• {^) See that all -plants are standing 
s traight 1 y u px 1 i ght. 
(6'' Cover the entire' plant beds with manure 
mulch. See Fertilising. 
FE RTIL IZING 
Plants require feed to grow. They any live 
if no food is adu.odto the average soil out will 
not flop rich nr less, it is ad dorhnhun^a n *ly. - .. 
There are two c la secs of fertilizers : the ciion- 
ica 1, found nos t iy in eon -c rcJ .1 forti li’zors 0 
•and the crpanic, found most 1.7 in compost and- 
-manures, in 
docs net imnrov < 
s ci 
0 — ~ -- y 
former is rich' In plant food 
i 
the pry ale 
b ■ t 
o 
suing l 
loo; 
lie;} 
retentive like the latter 
but 
c or e i t i o: • of th c 
^ and moisture 
t ho me ruros ,. do. 
Consequently, manor;, by furnishing f co< 
f or till z. 
rj bat both 
:aIs6, is the best singl 
nay bo used. as foilows : 
(1) Very eve 11 rotted manure of any deri¬ 
vation can be thoroughly mixed with the full 
depth of the topsoil In the planting bf, and 
n illlinr 
a Is 
0 
wi 
cir 
h-*- 1 
the 
soil 
to 
be 
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OR 
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it 
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the 
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the 
best rotted -and- 'oldest beinp 
slant for It will 
of 
any wo31 bah 
burn t nem. 
(2) Commorcia] fertilizers 
ancod. j crmula may also bo mixed sparingly with 
the bod and planting soil and used to fill ut> 
the holes, but it is better If pure dirt only 
touches the roots. Flow acting fertilizers, 
such as Bone Meal, can bo- used in quantities' 
large enough to last several years without 
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