26 JUNE 1953, Page 20

Liquid Manure.

For a long time I had a large cistern in my garden and used it to ensure a supply of liquid manure which was made by suspending a sack of manure in rainwater. There is one necessary precaution with such a method and that is to ensure that the liquid is further diluted to suit the various plants on which it is to be used. A strong solution can have the opposite of the desired effcdt. On the whole, the method is much cheaper than buying liquid fertilisers although these may have a better chernic-2I balance. IAN NIALL.