Show DONT WASTE YOUR ASHES toi town and city farmers those lovers of the sull soil who live in or near bear towns or cities should think carefully before disposing of their ashes coal ashus ashes aerates the soil cracks oven even the stickiest clay and will go a long way toward making the little plot of ground lit fit for cultivation A A city fa farmer riner located near ehla pennsylvania had it niece diece of ground about forty by forty feet th that consisted of red clay on oil it a bed of shale the ashes of no less than one hundred I 1 awen twenty tv tons of coal were thoroughly worked lii to this clay the proper er fe fer ril tilter lizer added and for several years this piece of ground has produced vegetables and flowers which arnit zes tha neighbors 1 alty fity two bushels buss hels of tomatoes were vere lait just vi ye aron sixty five vines while corn peas cantaloupes pole almaa and other vegetables took up most of the remaining space 11 an expenditure of less than ten dollars lai 8 in ili tools enabled this city man to secure the healthful exercise and the pleasure in producing that comes from cultivating the lap of af mother earth A few cents for seeds each year spent at the store around the corner enables him to continue with ill his s hobby |