Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1877 — Use of Liquid Manures. [ARTICLE]

Use of Liquid Manures.

: It is generally believed that no system of enriching land for small gardens, with a view to perfections of crops, is m> truly economical ami so easily available as that of liquid manure. We occasionally hear of a gardener, or an amateur fruit grower, who has practiced enriching the crop by use of liquid manure; but it is not a common practice so to enrich our gardens and lawns, however ofttimes the advocacy of the practice has been written. The writer practiced the sprinkling of a lawn in a dry season with weak liquid manure-water, and in the greatest of heat and I<l routh has kept it fresh and green. In the management i of pot plants, no course of sup’plying food equals that of a judicious use of liquid manure, j There are in almost every famijly waste liquids, which usual]ly go into a sewer or drains, lor possibly upon the road, , where they are of no avail; but. .if saved, by being conducted 'to a tank, along with washi waters of the house, would enrich an entire garden for veg- ! etableaml fi nits,flower borders, iotc., and the whole if the wash be applied regularly, and at night, after sunset, in moderate quantities, would prevent the driest, weather of midsummer from checking vegetation. If an unpleasant. <)dtrt' comes from the tank, a little plaster (gypsum) sprinkled in rt nd around the tank would keep it sweet and clean. Again, the use of liquid manure need never delay planting, because of manure not being on hand; but planting could proceed and the application of manure be made at leisure.— American Hural Home.