Sawdust
This is occasionally used as a manure but it decays so slowly that it is little esteemed for this purpose. Applied in considerable quantity, it has been found to produce little effect the first year; but each succeeding year the crop was increased, till it reached its maximum in the fourth year. Sawdust should be made up into a compost with farmyard manure, earth, and other materials; and the value of the compost is much increased by saturation with liquid manures, gasliquor, or other fluids containing ammonia. The manurial value of Sawdust is considerably greater when it is well decayed than while it is fresh; but the material can be recommended as manure only when there are accumulations of it to be disposed of.