Show MARKET GARDENING IN THE VIE WEST A market gardener at oskaloosa Oaka loosa zoha iowa sayi the american A grecul Agri cul turi writes us n 1 I have pounds dissolved ammoniated ammonia ted bone ad the manure of sixty hen sd the ashes from twelve to fifteen cords of wood I 1 take a barrel P place ace on ilie the bottom a player ayer ot of garden soil and each morning after cleaning out the hen house I 1 put the manure on the soil joil iu in the bar rel then silt sift the ashes out 0 ut of the stove on the top of that and then add some dissolved bone when the barrel is nearly full I 1 put four or five inches of soil on oil top cover it over and let it stand outdoors out doors until next june Is the management of that manure correct we do not see that much is gained by mixing these manures together if k kept ep t dry no change will take place if kept in a moist stats state the hen bell manure will feri ferment tient and the dissolved bones will retain the ammonia the ashes will do harm harin rather than good apply them separately the 11 value lue or of the hen en manure will be determined by the kind and quality of food which the hen heris s eat if they have nothing but corn it is an easy matter to tell how bov much nitrogen p phosphoric acid potash etc the manure will contain it cannot cont contain itin more than the corn the hen eats if the bens have as they should be furnished meat scraps crp bone bunes worms insects and other animal matter rich in m nit nitrogen rogert 1 l on ire would be richer and more vait laulu |