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Example sentences for "rotted manure"

  • To prepare the ground for a hedge, make a trench eighteen inches deep, put a good layer of well-rotted manure in the bottom and fill up with earth.

  • Each fall it may have a mulch of rotted manure or of leafmold, which may be spaded under deeply in the spring; or the land may be spaded and left rough in the fall, which is a good practice when the soil has much clay.

  • It is usually best to pull out the weeds and give the border a top-dressing each fall of well-rotted manure.

  • The agapanthus, being a heavy feeder, should be grown in strong loam to which is added well-rotted manure and a little sand.

  • The addition of a little well-rotted manure may be made at the last transplanting.

  • It may be well to trench deep for the hills, and mix in a little well-rotted manure, and cover it with fine mould.

  • The soil should be thoroughly enriched and trenched two feet deep, with plenty of well-rotted manure in the bottom, and mixed in all the soil.

  • When the plants are six inches high, they should be transplanted in trenches eighteen inches deep, containing six inches of well-rotted manure or compost.

  • Place three or four inches of half-rotted manure in a galvanized iron pail, fill with water, and after standing a few hours it will be ready for use.

  • As a general rule, however, much better results will be obtained by relying on rotted manure.

  • At any rate, practical farmers, with almost entire unanimity, think well-rotted manure is better for sandy land than fresh manure.

  • This would give me about 500 tons of well-rotted manure.

  • In the ash of well-rotted manure, he found phosphoric acid equal to 12.

  • When he wrote the sentence you have quoted, he probably had reference to the fact that he found more soluble phosphate of lime in rotted manure than in fresh manure.

  • Peas and beans need less assistance than some other things, but they give good returns for the application of rotted manure or artificial fertilizer.

  • At least one shovelful of well-rotted manure is dropped in every hill, and mixed with the soil, and a dozen seeds planted, to be thinned out finally to three or four plants.

  • A good stimulant, if rotted manure cannot be had, is nitrate of soda at the rate of 400 pounds to the acre.

  • The most satisfactory soil is a rich fibrous loam, with the addition of one-fourth of well-rotted manure and a small proportion of sand, and the compost must be well firmed into the pots with the ramming stick.

  • Thoroughly break up the subsoil, half-fill the trench with well-rotted manure, and restore the surface soil to within a few inches of the level.

  • While all the so-called Holland bulbs will thrive in any kind of soil, they will all do better by being planted in a deep, sandy soil well enriched with well rotted manure.

  • Each fall it may have a mulch of rotted manure or of leaf-mold, which may be spaded under deeply in the spring; or the land may be spaded and left rough in the fall, which is a good practice when the soil has much clay.

  • If the ground is not naturally rich, spade in well-rotted manure or mold from the woods.

  • The soil should contain a good proportion of sand and be enriched with well-rotted manure.

  • This top layer of one foot in depth is apt to be in fair condition for immediate use and may be applied in the bottom of the bed, mixed with either fresh or rotted manure.

  • Then dig the bed up, deeply, and add some well-rotted manure, rake smoothly and replant.

  • Then he went to the barn and got a barrow load of horse manure, not fresh, but old, rotted manure.

  • Following The Chief's advice he had spread over the bed only a very light covering of well-rotted manure.

  • This spring about all I can do is to mix into the soil some well-rotted manure.

  • The soil best adapted for Begonias is turfy loam, leaf-mold, sand, and old well-rotted manure in equal parts.

  • I put in a bit of potsherd to keep the roots from going astray, then small pieces of coal for drainage, then fill with mellow sifted soil, enriched with well-rotted manure.

  • In the autumn of each year carefully dig in a good dressing of half-rotted manure, in such a manner as not to injure the roots.

  • For cultivation in the open, choose a warm situation, make the soil light and sandy, adding a good proportion of well-rotted manure, and plant the bulbs 5 in.

  • This plant requires a deep, rich sandy loam, with a liberal supply of well-rotted manure, is best suited for growing artichokes.


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