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flooring witli ojien work or lattice, that the droppings of the various an- 

 imals may fall through, and be mixed in the cellars with ashes and 

 clay, is well known to every improved farmer, and the system has been 

 introduced into this country by an enterprising farmer of Michigan. 

 Experience will decide whether cattle, standing over, and consequently 

 inhaling the gases of fermenting dung, can thrive so well as those which 

 breathe a purer air. 



If manure can be kept undercover it will be well to do so; yet 

 great results can be obtained by managing it properly in the open air. 

 By heaping the manure in the field where it is about to be used, many 

 advantages will bo gained ; there it will be on the spot, and ready to be 

 used the moment it is required ; there it can be properly mixed and 

 amalgamated; nothing improves a manure heap so much as the careful 

 mixture of every kind of dung through all parts of it. When the ma- 

 nure is to be piled in the field a proper selection of a site for it should 

 be made ; a hollow place is best, but it should not be in danger of re- 

 ceiving injury from stagnant water. Into this hollow, a large quantity 

 of swamp muck or rich clay should be dratvn, so as to form a founda- 

 tion for the manure heap, and absorb any liquid that might ooze through 

 it. This clay, or muck, should be placed to the height of one or two 

 feet, and over it the barn yard dung should be heaped in layers of I-^ 

 feet in thickness, and each layer be covered with a light coat of muck. 

 The produce of the stable, cow-houfes, hog-pens, poultry-houses, &c., 

 should be evenly mixed through the pile, so that too much of any par- 

 ticular kind should not remain in one part of the heap. The manure 

 should be carted out daily or weekly, or according as it is made, and 

 spread in even layers, taking care to spread a coating of muck over it 

 to preserve it from rain, frost, or the rays of the san. Severe frost may 

 interrupt the work, but it should be resumed as soon as it is practicable 

 to do so. Every farm yard should be provided with a liquid manure 

 tank, and into this should run all the liquid of the stable, cow-houses, 

 privies, &c. I do not advise American farmers to provide themselves 

 with an expensive apparatus for liquid manuring; but I will certainly 

 say that the heap should be frequently saturated with liquid from the 

 tank, especially in spring after it has been properly mixed, by this means 

 the manure will be made exceedingly rich and valuable, and its good 

 effects may bo plainly seen on the crops. Manure should be got into 



