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such mixed manure will be neither too cold nor liable to 

 heat and burn. It is of manures of this kind that the 

 French proverbs have been made: &quot;A small manure 

 heap never fills a large corn bin.&quot; &quot;It is not he that 

 sows but he that manures well that gets the crop.&quot; 

 &quot;Less seed and more manure?/ &quot; Without manure there 

 are no good fields ; with plenty of manure there are no 

 poor ones.&quot; 



389. The best materials for litter or bedding for cattle 

 and horses are straw of every kind, damaged hay, sedge, 

 reeds, leaves, sawdust. If these cannot conveniently be 

 had, turf may be used, or loam, or even sand, which has 

 the advantage of keeping animals free from lice. It 

 should be something which will help to make them warm 

 in cold- weather, and dry and clean at all times. Horses 

 and cattle should be always kept nicely clean. Both look 

 better, fare better and fatten better, when they are care 

 fully curried or carded and rubbed every day. 



It is an excellent plan to have the cellar floor of clay 

 firmly rammed and made even, but sloping towards the 

 middle from the sides, and from the middle towards one 

 end. There, in a place easily reached, should be a hollow 

 to receive the liquid from the heap. The manure will be 

 greatly benefited and prevented from heating, by pouring 

 this liquid, from time to time, upon the top of the manure 

 heap. Or, if the heap does not need it, it may be poured, 

 with great advantage, upon compost heaps. Flemish 

 manure is a liquid manure formed in a cistern, to which 

 drains from the bottom of vaults bring the most valuable 

 of all manures. Into this cistern water is made to run, 

 which completely dissolves and dilutes whatever is in the 

 vault. The liquid is sprinkled by a watering cart over 

 meadows and growing crops, with striking effects. 

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