Show FERTILITY IN DEAD LEAV LEAVES S' S Contain Large Amount of Potash and andAre andAre andAre Are Useful as Mulch or FertilIzer FertilIzer Fertil Fertil- Izer Ixer for Garden Because leaves contain relatively large arge amounts of potash chemist at atthe atthe the tIie Ohio hlo Experiment Station point out the economy of using leaves as a mulch x Or r fertilizer for the gl garden rather than burning them In the streets streets or r gutters They show that loop p pounds of leaves are worth about 50 cents for their fertilizing value When leaves are arc burnt the ash till Mill contains a con considerable cona amount of ot fertilizing fertilizing fer ter- fer- fer materials but as the ashes are g generally swept away by the wind windor or washed away awny by the water their value is lost To secure the best result re sult sulli from leaves as fertilizer It Is best to pile them In the garden and let them furnish a mulch for the ground during the winter then they may be spaded in the spring and incorporated in with the soil slI |