,f^ Thoughts on the Kanagemcjit of Bung. F^I* 



be mentioned. A good deal is ccnfumeJ in llie houfe by draiiglit 

 horles and milch-cows ; much is applied to the littering of turnip- 

 cattle i and the remainder is ufed by lean cattle, kept in the fold- 

 yard. Notwithitanaipi? thefe being the general methods of con- 

 fumption, it will be neeeliary to divide my fubjcci: into two 

 jinrts, viz. To the management of dung upon light lands, and 

 Jieavy lands •, becaufe manure on each is prep^r.-d in different 

 ways, ufed at different feafons, and applied to different crops, 

 l^^or light foils, manure requires to be much liigher prepared 

 than is neccffary for clay foils •, and every ilep of the previous 

 preparation, to be perfeft, ought to be executed ia a quite diffe- 

 rent manner. 



For foils of t;.» nrft defcription, where turnips are taken as 3, 

 firlt crop, dung can hardly be too well prepared ; becaufe the 

 nature of the crop to which it is applied, renders a complete in- 

 corporation with the ground abfolutely necefiary, without which 

 the young plants might be Itarved at their very entrance into 

 life. In the belt farmed Englifl:i counties, which have come un- 

 der my obfervation, dung is often kept over year, in ojder that 

 it may be perfedly rotted : and the Ic^te Mr Bakewell was in 

 habits of not ^-pplying it till it was reduced to a ftate fomething 

 like black fnuff. I d^ not, liowever, approve of fuch protrac- 

 tion ; lor, when the preparatory Heps are conducled with judg- 

 ment, there is rarely ?.ny nccciTity for keeping dung overyear 

 upon turnip farms ; befides, fuch a delay caufes a wafte of the 

 article, and moll likely dilupatcs its llrength ; at all events, 2, 

 Year's interel) of the value of tlio incveafed prolucc muu be loft. 

 In general cafec there is not much difficulty in preparing dung up. 

 on turnip farms ; becaufe, in tlie driell feafon, from, the nature of 

 the food uftd, fuch a quantity of liquid paff,is from the animals, 0? 

 to prevent burning, provinciaiIyy?"/'*t-/«;/j7-/;/^, the grcatell obilaele 

 10 tlie rotting of dup.g tliat can be ex peri 'Winced. If turnip dung is 

 regularly removed; if it is properly mixed with ihe horfe litter, 

 and other excrcmentirious matter accumulated upon the farm, 

 it will be found an eafy taili to prepare all that is made by the 

 middle of April, at wliich tiipe the fold-yard ihonld be cleared. 

 What is pioduced alter that time, Oiould be Itored up feparate- 

 ^y j receive waterings, if the weather is dry, and be referved fur 

 clover-ilubbles, or other fields that are to be dunged m au- 

 tumn. 



I have mentioned the middle of April as a good timc^for clear- 

 ing the fold-yard ; but this does not prevent the work from go- 

 ing partially forward tluough the winter, when fuitable oppor- 

 tunities occur. W'heii drove out of tlie fold -yard, the dung 

 iliould be laid up in a regular heap or pile, not exceeding fix 

 ^Uarterc, or four feet and one half in heigh. t ,; and care fhould 

 ^' " ' ' ' be 



