1804. Th(j lights on the Manage nieiit of Dung. t^l 



be taken not to put eltlier horfe or cart upon it, v.hicii is cafily 

 •avoided, by backing the cart to the pile, and laying the dun<; 

 compaclly together, with a grape or fork. It is alfo afeful to 

 face up the extremities with earth, which keeps in the raoifture, 

 •and prevents the fun and wind from doing injury. Perliaps a 

 fmall quantity of earth flrewed upon the top, might alfo prove 

 ufeful. Dung, when managed m this manner, generally fer- 

 ments very rapidly ; but if it is difcovered to be in a backward 

 flate, a complete turn over, about the Rrll of May, when the 

 weather becomes warm, v/ill quicken the procefs ^ and the bet- 

 ter it is fh"ikeu afunder, the fooncr will the end iii view be 

 gained. ♦. 



A fecluded fpot of ground, not much expofed to wind, and 

 perfectly fecure from being floated with water, ought always to 

 be chofen for the fcite of fuch piles or heaps. If the fidd, to 

 which it is to be applied, is at hand, a little after-trouble may 

 be faved, by depofiting it there, in the first initance ; but I have 

 always found it moft convenient, to referve a piece of ground 

 adjacen- to the homeftead, for fuch a purpofe. There it is al- 

 ways under the farmer's eye, and a greater quantity can be 

 moved in a fiiorter time than v/hen the fituation is more diftant. 

 Befides, in wet weatlier, and this is generally the time chofen for 

 fuch an operation, not only are roads cut up, by driving to a 

 diitance, but tiie iield, on which the heap is made, may be poached 

 and injured confiderably. 



The above is the mod approved method of preparing dung 

 upon turnip or light land farms, and a few words iball now be 

 faid refpeding the management neceffary upon thofe of a diffe- 

 rent defcription. 



Upon chiy foils, where wheat forms a principal part of the 

 crop ; vvlicre great quantities of beans are cultivated, and few 

 turnips Ibwn, unlefs for the ufe of milch cows, the rotting of 

 dung ii not only a troublefome, but an expeniive affair. Inde- 

 pendent of what is confumed by the ordinary farm-ftock, the 

 overplus of the It raw mull fome how or other be rotted, 

 by lean cattle kept in the fold-yard, who either receive 

 t!ie Ihaw in racks, or it is thrown acrofs the yard, to be 

 eaten, and trod down by tliem. According to this 'mode of 

 confumpti'^n, it is evident that a ftill greater uecefiTity arifes for 

 a frequent removal of this unmade dung, (I cannot find out a 

 better term), otherwife, from fhe trampling of the beads, and 

 the ufual want of moiiiure, it would compiefs fo m.uch as to 

 prevent putrefaftion altogether. To prepare dung fuHiciently 

 upon farms of this defcription, is at all times an arduous tafli, 

 but fcarcely pra6ticable in dry feafons ; for if it once gets burnt 

 (^fif'<^-fang€d\ it is almoll phyfically impofTible to bring it into a 



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