UTILISING WASTE PRODUCTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8339, 27 January 1913, Page 2

UTILISING WASTE PRODUCTS

MANURE SACKS. Under tho stress of modern farming conditions every factor that can bo brought to bear in swelling the general revenue derived from the farm needs to bo carefully conserved, but it frequently happens that iu his anxiety to make a success of tho larger operations the fanner overlooks things that are apparently small, but winch if properly conserved would bo to his gain. On every farm there is a certain amount of waste which might bo turned to account. An instance of this is quoted iu au exchange that is common to every farm, and it is now passwl on. Tho writer says: “ Groat quantities_ of saclcs which have contained chemical manures aro destroyed or sold for a mere song, so as to got them out of the way. iu tho material of these old sacks will be found a largo amount of particles of tho chemical manure which cannot bo shaken out, but if tbeso sacks aro put into a barrel .and allowed to soak in water for a day, almost all tho manure may bo removed. The liquid will be of suck valuo that if applied to any or all the vegetables in tho garden, rapid growth will ensue at onoo, and now is the time to apply this liquid food. These chemical manures aro of little valuo to plant life unless in a soluble condition, and if applied to tho soil in a dry state and no rain falls, then tbo plants aro not benefited. This being so. it will bo scon that to apply these chemicals in soluble form wJtilo tho plants aro growing will mean much, and to get such a supply of food from these empty, discarded sacks (some of them so rotten that they cannot hang together) will prove, that such waste products may be turned to good account. Chemical manures aro more cleanly to handle in tho liquid form than stable or byro manure applied tbo samo way. Perhaps these few lines may reveal to owners of sacking which is charged with chemical manures bow valuable a waste product they possess. All kinds of plants which aro free growing will fairly revel in growth if given occasional potations of this liquid manure. More particularly tomatoes, cauliflower, savoy, cabbage, peas, beans, potatoes, turnips, carrots, parsnips, lettuce, marrows, and pumpkins, in the vegetable garden, and dahlias, sweet-peas, chrysanthemums, oosmea, phlox, verbena, and tuberous begonias in the flower garden.”