American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . an va-rieties is appended by the translator, Horticola. Aneat illustrated volume, sent by mail for $1. Applying Manure to Growing-Crops.— J. T. A., Onondaga Co., N. T. If from anycause broadcast manuring has been neglected, it is fre-quently desirable to apply manure to growing should be done before they are half grown. Wehave often used concentrated manures upon the grasscrop with excellent results. It is easy to double whatwould be a liirht crop of hay. by applying Peruvian guano,or the fine ground fish guano, in the mon
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . an va-rieties is appended by the translator, Horticola. Aneat illustrated volume, sent by mail for $1. Applying Manure to Growing-Crops.— J. T. A., Onondaga Co., N. T. If from anycause broadcast manuring has been neglected, it is fre-quently desirable to apply manure to growing should be done before they are half grown. Wehave often used concentrated manures upon the grasscrop with excellent results. It is easy to double whatwould be a liirht crop of hay. by applying Peruvian guano,or the fine ground fish guano, in the month of May. Agreat change i~ seen in the color and vigor of the grass,within two or three days after the application, if it ismade in rainy weather. Ashes alone, or ashes and plaster,are good top-dressings for potatoes. Any of the con-centrated fertilizers, if honestly made, will pay on thecorn crop, at the first or second cultivating. All gardencrops are benefited by top-dressings, and if these areapplied in the form of liquid manure, bo much the .Manure from fifiarn Cellars.—A has seen it stated in an agricultural paperthat the manure from a barn cellar contains an injuriousacid that needs to be corrected by frost, and asks the .Agriculturist if such is the case. We know of no suchacid. There are several organic acids formed during thedecomposition of straw and manure, but the ammoniaformed at the same time from the nitrogenous mat-ter, urea, etc., neutralizes them, in part at least. Andthey are thu3 very useful in fixing the a great deal of peat is used in the cellar, largequantities of organic acids will be present in the manure,but on soils free from excess of water they will do goodrather than harm. In case the manure has been kept sowater-soaked that only imperfect fermentation has takenplace, the best way, we think, to correct this would be todraw ont the manure to the field, where it is to be used,and pile it for a few weeks to f
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