Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1915 — For Garden Plants. [ARTICLE]

For Garden Plants.

An occasional pail or two of sudsy water from the washtub or dishpan helps garden plants wonderfully. It must be pretty well cooled before pouring it on. In fact, there is one writer who declares that if American farmers and gardeners knew how to make an Intelligent use of waste mar terial, they could save thousands of dollars a year in commercial fertilizer and reap much greater profits from _ their crops. Of course, in a small garden the use of table waste Is out of the question, though beet and carrot tops and the outside leaves of the lettuce heads could be buried in the soil without any trouble. Coffee grounds and tea leaves are good fertilizers tor roses especially. Soot, too, and wood ashes are very fine.