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degree. can, be determined only by the nature of the 
article. to. he grown, fome. claffes requiring more, 
others lefs. Tenacity rarely does. harm but when it 
tends to induration, or retains flagnant moifture. 
7: Is it better to mix, a great quantity a mantures 
together into a compoft, ort lay them on : feparately ? 
., Convenience, gives ‘the. _preference to. maifes of 
manur ro, and in, large. bodies the. fermentation ‘ad- 
vances, and the diffolution of the ARH follows 
much more, rapidly. so a 
8, What js, your opinion of cant Z ‘mamire and 
earth? 
That itis an tok py ene ira or ot 
compotts often lofe ; by. drainings, and that they are 
laid on thedands before they have attained perfection. 
9. Do youk know of any practices by which the quan. 
tity of manure could be increased? 
Neatnefs in management would increafe 1 it, always 
pulling up and paring off weeds, from ditches, fences, 
and the fides of the roads; as well as thofe among 
the crops, would accumulate a ftock of fine mold 
when rotten, Soot, afhes, offal, urine, and ordure; 
every thing produced by man and beaft fhould con- 
ftitute the farme?’s treafure. © SS 
10. What manures. would you. recommend for the 
different kinds of foil? 
Tam incompetent to anfwer this properly the 
fubject is copious—and full anfwers mutt be the, re- 
fult of much experience, on a great variety of foils. 
11. What 
