27 DECEMBER 1957, Page 22

MANURES

Bonemeal or bonefiour makes a good pick-up for things sapped of strength by the presence or proximity of shrubs or hedges. Another cure for a common ill is lime to sweeten these out-of-sun corners. Inorganic manures, providing potash, phosphate and nitrogen, are, of course, an important supplement to the most valuable thing of all—good farmyard manure, so hard to obtain these days.