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bed of earth the (lables, cow-houfe, hog-fties, &c. 

 were cleanfed; and the cribs with ftraw for the loofc 

 cattle were moved about it. 



My defign in carting this earth was to retain the 

 urine; a fmall gutter which runs into a neighbour- 

 ing horfe-pond drains the yard: the fituation is 

 fuch, that I could not ftop it in the way to make 

 any ufe of it ; and as rain will always make the 

 farm-yard overflow, which occafions an abfolute 

 neceflity to give it an outlet, I was defirous of drain- 

 ing it well through this layer of turf, &c. which I 

 apprehended would retain much of the virtue of 

 the water before it ran off. With this intention, 

 I formed two fmall holes on the fide of the compoft 

 for the water to drain into, and I made one of my 

 people very often throw up all the water from thofe 

 holes unto the dunghill, until no more would drain 

 in for the prefent; this was repeated many times 

 every week, efpecially when the weather was dry, 

 as then the virtue of the water is fo much the 

 greater ; the colour of it alfo is a good indication of 

 the proper time to perform this operation. 



Several gentlemen, to whom I have mentioned 

 this method of proceeding, have objedled, that I 

 increafe the fize of my dunghill without adding to 

 its virtue — that lOO loads of pure dung are far 



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