Show HOW TO APPLY MANURE Comparative Merlte of Surfece Marls nod Plowlnt In M nnre Kilns A Long learned a lesson In tho application of manure when a boy In his fathers nuncry He tells the story as follows In American Gardening We purchased from a tannery II largo pile of compost hair ashes limo and other refuse with enough bark In layers to make nil pile up w ell In the Inter we drew this on land devoted to onrer und other crops usually plowing it tier in the sprjng Soinotlmei ou plowed land we would incorporatcj mixtnrn with tho soil by tho OttO 0 cultivator or share harrow In e spring I Ono of the things that vividly pnsced mo move dug trees and pit from soil thus manured was tho wIlY in I which rootlets would lay hold 01 con Rental bits of plant food The tufts nod I felted knots of hatrwould bo tha attrao I lIon i too moss of small roots This Is lIIutrale1 In tho accompanying sketch In which n ax show bunches of hair i This thing won seen not only In tho case of seedling and tune roots hot also in how of strawberry plants which lie nucu nearer the surface A IcuKon to bo drawn from this U that the plowing in of mannro as a method of applying It should not yield < 10 i surfaeo applications In any marked degree Tho avidity with which roots beck out nod lay hold of particles of manuro In the one stated showed to mo that thcro cnn bone mietnko in patting tho plant food right whero It w 111 bo needed With tue tmrruco ami application applica-tion of mauuro in the fall and winter there is often great loss I of fertility through escnpo by leaching and unrfaco drainage during thaws iu tho winter If It bo drawn to tho plat and bo kept iu piles until just before spring plow lug or cultivating such loss is not appreciable ap-preciable Tho question of tho comparative merlIn mer-lIn of surface manuring und the plow I A LEsEoX IX AMtlUM log hoof mnnnro may depend somewhat I on tho crop also It Is plain in tho case of shallow roofed crops like lettuce I radishes onions etrawbLirlcs etc that I Ibo manuro is not wonted at tho samo level an with parsnips cauliflower und I other deeper rooters Then ngniu cut I l taco manuring may as in the case of strawberries servo an excellent purpose I r II mulch iu keeping Ibo soil cool and In I1rasvlDu nlololnm 1 Another thing all crops do not need tho samo amount of manure It is a poor plan for instance to bo lav ith in tho nso of niannro on potatoes and I then slight it ou onioni and colery Among crops that do Ibo better for high I feeding I would placo strawberries celery cel-ery onions lettuce spinach beets radisbrs cabbage cauliflower squiubeii I and cucumbers Of such tho extent of the crop is almost measured by Ibo amount of manure aud 80 to 40 tons per aero each year Is none too much Tho bush email fruits need less ranunro than da strawberries whllo vegetables vegeta-bles potatoes peas ptrsnips carrots beans tomatoes and melons gel along vcry well with onohalf Ibo manure I called for by tho others pamcd |