tQO ON MANURES. 



They should be ploughed in not less than 6 inches with a 

 skim coulter. 



4. Hair, 

 Hair * Hog's hair is sold in great cities from Is. to Is. 6d. per 



bushel, pretty well squeezed down. From 16 to 25 bushels 

 an acre are commonly used. 



5. Feathers. 

 Feather*. These are a powerful manure. Twenty-five bushels an 



acre have been spread with much success : but land, which 

 unmanured yielded but 28 bushels of white wheat, with ten 

 bushels of feathers produced 43. 



6. Fish. 

 Fish. Every sort of refuse fish is one of the most effective ma- 



nures that can be carried into our fields. 



7. Graves* 

 Grates. These appear to produce remarkable effects in turnip 



crops on poor sandy soils. 



8. Woollen Rags. 

 Woollen rags. These do best on dry and sandy lands. From five to 

 twelve hundred weight an acre, chopped small, are used. 



Refuse of lea- 9> Curriers Shavings and Furriers Clippings 



do best on dry soils. Thirty bushels an acre are a common 

 dressing. 



1Q. Horn Shavings. 



These are applicable to all soils, but do best in wet sea- 

 sons. The coarser sorts are cheaper, but inferior in effect, 

 though more durable. 



Nature and properties of animal substances. 

 Nature Sc pro- All animal substances will fertilize the soil being resolved 



perties of am- j n t their first principles, but this takes place much sooner 

 ma! substan- . . r . r . TT . . r . 



ccs, with some, than with others. Urine begins to act imme- 



diately, bones will last twenty years. AH of them should 

 be laid on the field as soon as may be after collecting. 

 Night soilj dry and in powder, is the only one properly ap- 

 plicable- 



