COMPOSTrMAKING
• In many paits' of England compostinaldn'g, at wliich farmers of fifty , years ai<o r were great adepts, which formerly flourished vigorously, has become a lost "art. The type' that has persisted the longest is the ,, old "liino compost,", made ;l>y alternating layers of vegetable or nni■xoal refuse with lime. The best results are obtained when the lime is composted Jwith materials poor in nitrogen, such'.as hedße clippings, leaves, old banks of «arth, ecourings of ditches, road sweepiDgs,: weeds gathered from fallows or stubbles, roots of couch grass, etc. These ehould be well mixed in the proportion of abo Tit one of litua to three of the ether materials. After being left for A time the heap should be turned. When enbstancd3 such as animal refuse, slaughterhouse waste,- etc., containing nitrogen, are used an earth com- : post is preferable. The proportion , varies from ton to five cartloads of earth to one of animal waste. Compostmnldng is an economical method of ntilleing waste substances and increasing the bulk of manure available for application to the land.- - ■ '
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 194, 12 May 1919, Page 8
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175COMPOSTrMAKING Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 194, 12 May 1919, Page 8
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