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EXPLANATION 



OP THE 



SECOND TABLE FOR MANURING LAND. 



THE first of these tables is made on the supposition 

 that the distance of the rows of manure is equal to the 

 distance of the heaps from each other ; but as this is not 

 always the case, particularly in arable lands, where the 

 furrows are visible, the following table will show the 

 number of heape required to cover an acre, for any given 

 width of the rows and distance of the heaps from each 

 other. 



Having found the width of the rows in the figures 

 placed at the top of the columns, and the distance of the 

 heaps in the column on the left-hand side ; then imme 

 diately under the former, and opposite the latter, stands 

 the number of heaps required for an acre : Thus, if the 

 rows are 1\ yards wide, and the heaps 6 yards from 

 each other, then under 1\ in the table, and opposite 6, 

 we find 108, the number of heaps for an acre ; and if this 

 number be divided by the number of heaps made of a 

 load, it will then show the number of loads laid on an 

 acre. 



In like manner, the number of heaps on an acre is 

 found by the table for any other given width of the rows 

 and distance of the heaps. 



In the foregoing table a less number of loads, and in 

 the following table a L.ss number of heaps will not cover 

 an acre ; although, in some instances, the numbers set 

 down in the tables will cover a small quantity more than 

 an acre 



