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To Destroy Maggot in Roses

The mossy parts of the meadow should be well manured with good well-rotted stable dung in the autumn; and, if practicable, the A bushel of unslacked lime in powder, 1/2 grass should be fed off the following spring pound sulphur also in powder; mix these well whilst dry, then add water to make it about as thick as molasses, and boil for 1 hour; then add just enough soot, moistened to the same consistence, to darken the color; lay this on with a brush all over, stock and head, in the latter part of March. with sheep. Nitrate of soda sown on the mossy parts of the field will also kill the moss, and is an excellent manure for the grass; but this should not be sown at the rate of more than 1½ cwt. per acre.