2od Review of Dr Hunter'' s Georgical FJfays, May 



racked. Dr H. thinks that national bounties or allowances are 

 required to animate huihandry. We fufped, however, that 

 the bell thing that Government can do, is to let hufbandry 

 alone, only taking care to remove fuch obitruclions to its im- 

 provement as cannot be removed without legal affiilance. 



19. On goofe dung. Virgil fpeaks of geefe as troublefome 

 birds, and very pernicious to corn. The author of this paper 

 thinks otherwife, and recommends to farmers to houie them re- 

 gularly at night ; in which cafe much valuable dung would be 

 gained. We are of Virgil's opinion. 



20. On the ach ant ages of raifing potatoes on the fallows, 

 Abftraftly confidered, it is not beneficial to take potatoes as a 

 crop upon fallows ; for, on a real potatoe foil, turnips may be 

 more profitably cultivated. In the view of railing them in aid 

 of poor people, the queilion is altered, as fuch are eminently 

 ferved by a fmall piece of potatoe ground which can be cultivated 

 at their leilure hours. We believe the farm fervants and cotta- 

 gers, in North Britain, are uniformly aided in this way ; at 

 leail it is the general cuftom of the county wherein we re- 

 fide. 



21. On drill forcing. Dr H. is not an advocate for drilling 

 corn crops upon the principles commonly urged in its favour; 

 but merely contends for its utility, becaufe the feed is thereby- 

 put in at an equal and fulrlcient depth. He recommends nar- 

 row intervals, and of courfe does not fupport the ufe of the 

 horfe-hoe, w^hich, indeed, is very much in uniibn with the ideas we 

 hold on the fubjed. We concur with the do6lor in thinking, 

 that drill fowing is a practice which will never be brought into 

 general ufe, 



22. On manures and their operation. This is the produftion 

 of our countryman, the Reverend Mr Dickfon, and effeclually 

 refutes the TuUian doclrine, that earth is the food of plants. 

 Good fenfe rind accurate obiervation are difcernible in every line 

 of this eflay. 



23. On oil ufed as a manure. The refult of the experiments 

 detailed, goes to prove that refufe oil may be proiitably uled with 

 earth in the formation of compoft. We have heard of trials 

 road'* by others which did not end fo favourably. 



24. On top dreffings. Soot, malt duft, pigeon dung, and rape 

 duft, are confidered as top dreffings, becaufe they are not work- 

 ed into the ground by the ploiigh ; and the foils moil: benefited 

 by fuch applications are thofe of a light, fandy, and limeftone 

 nature ; lUlY loams and clays requiring lime and dung to break 

 the cohefion of their parts. We entirely agree with Dr H. in the 

 fentiments exprefled in this paper 



Tlie firll elTay of book 2d, 15 on the different quaniitics of rain 



which 



