38 Thoughis on the 'Management of Bung. Fel. 



to J. S tt, to be left at the Poil^Oftke, Chatteris, Cam^ 



bri igelhire, En;,rla!Kl, till called for, and they iliall be fpeedily 

 aiiivvered. I am. Sir, 



Your very obedient fervant, 



A Cainhridge shire Agriculturist. 



Thoughts on the Management of Dung. 

 TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FAP.MER'd MAGAZIITE. 



Sir, 



Manure, taking the word in ito broadv^fl fenfe, being the 

 sine qua non of good hufbandry, I trufl: the following defultory 

 thoughts on tlie means of accumulating and preparing fcirn:-yard 

 dung, cannot be unacceptable to your readers. 



The moll fuperficial obferver in rural economicks mufh b.ave 

 often noticed, that a confider^ible number of pradlical agricultu- 

 rills are inattentive, not only to the gathering of the raw materials, 

 but alfo defective in the feveral ifeps of prej.aracory prccefs, be- 

 fore dung can be thriftily and fuitably applied. With fuch, ve- 

 ry little care is ufed in cutting the corn-crops, which, properly 

 fpeaking, is the onl^'- fouice whence ravy materials can be got. 

 They are alfo too apt to difpofe of any hay which may be raifed 

 upon their farms, even when prices are not fo high as to tempt 

 a breach of good hufbandry. They often keep more beafts on 

 trie premifes than conlilUnt with the quantity of proveiider iii 

 hand, thereby reducing the flock of manure in an extraordinary 

 degree. Btlides, feldorn is any care bellowed in laying up the 

 dung in a regular and careful way, during the winter months, 

 a:Kl Hill lefs upon its flate curing the exhaufting fpring winds, 

 or the parched htat of the fummer months. Inflead of itoring it 

 up with reyiijarity, and mixing the different kinds in a compaft 

 beap, it is fuffcred to remain as tolled from the ftabk' and byre ; 

 continues expoied, in its rough (late, to the weather ; is often in- 

 undated with water, and raiely touched till the cart arrives, to 

 drive it to the field. 



With your permillion, 1 mean to fktc my fentimcnts on the 

 moil proper m.ethods of accumulating and preparing farm-yard 

 manure j rePiricling myfclf to thefe points, becaufe nine-tenths of 

 our hufljardrnen have r.o other rtfource for fupporting and en- 

 riching their lands. I beg, however, that your rcr.ders would not 

 cxp^(^ any new information upon thefe importnnt fubjcds ; as, 

 iu fatl, I intend only to detail tlie proceedings of various aclual 

 farmers, ^.\'ho aie tiubently careful to collecl and prepare ma- 

 nure 



