LIQUID MANURE
If the soil is suffieiently^rieh, it is not advisable" to give the plants liquid manure, as it will have-a tendency to make.the flowers coaTse and flabby. If some stimulant is necessary, soak about twenty pounds of fresh cow manure and two pounds of soot in a vessel containing twenty gallons of water, and, after it has been steeping for three or four days, give it to the plants at a strength of one pint of liquid manure to one gallon of water; or, sulphate of ammonia, one ounce to four gallons of water, may be used.
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Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 33, 23 January 1930, Page 9
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98LIQUID MANURE Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 33, 23 January 1930, Page 9
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