20 On Salt as a Mcmure, and as a Condiment 



The foregoing table furnishes many particulars worthy 

 -)f observation. In the first place it is remarkable, that of 

 len diflerent manures, most of which are of known and 

 acknowledged efficacy, salt, a manure hitherto of an am- 

 biguous character, is superior to them all, one only ex- 

 cepted ! And again, when u^ed in combination with other 

 substances, it is only unsuccessfully applied in union with 

 that one, namely, chandler's graves, no other manure 

 seemingly being injured bv it. Possibly its deteriorating 

 effects on chandler's graves may be o\\ing to its antiseptic 

 property, which retards the putrefactive process by which 



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