2 Cultivation of Arable Land Potatoes Preparation of Land for Manures-. 



ever, fcems to recommend well-rotted horfe-dung, though the long dung is no. 

 ticed as being the next in value.* The nature of the foil in which this was the 

 cafe is not diftihdtty mentioned ; it was probably of the fandy kind, in which 

 there can be little doubt but that horfe-dung, in a highly reduced ftate, would 

 be of the mod benefit, as a larger proportion of carbonaceous earthy matter 

 would thereby be immediately provided for the growth of the crop, and the 

 ground be more preferved from becoming too dry, light, or porous. 



The dung of hogs has alfo been found, by the experiments of the fame cul 

 tivators* to be nearly equal to that of the horfe, in railing crops of this highly, 

 valuable root. 



When this fort of crop is cultivated on the ftiff and more heavy defcriptiona 



Manure per acre. Crop : Bushels*. 



32 Loads of clung 16*0 bufhels lime - - 480 



32 Ditto, and 480 gallons urine ... 570 



In Mr. Young s trials, the refalts.were thefe : 



First Year. Second Year. 



No&amp;gt; 1. No manure, - produced 120 bufhels per acre. 140 



2. Night-foil, 10 waggon loads . 600 - - 640 



3. Ditto, 6 ditto - . 650 . . 500 



4. Ditto. 2 ditto - - 500 - - 300 



5. Bones, 10 ditto . 650 - - 640 



6. Ditto, 6 ditto - 640 - - 560 



7. Ditto, 2 ditto - 560 - - 240 

 8.. Hog dung, 90 bne-horfe cartloads 4-80 - - 300 

 9. Ditto, 30 ditto - - 4,30 - , 160 



10. Yards compoft 60 ditto - - 300 . - 240 



11. Ditto, 120 ditto . . 480 - - seo 



12. Ditto, 30 ditto - - 140 - . 140 



In Lancafhire, Mr. Townley, on comparing different defcriptions of manures, found that 



Manures. Produce. 



No. 1. Coal afhes only, produced 211 Ib. , rather fmall. 



2, Stable dung and coal afhes mixed - 344, very fine. 



3, Stable dung alone. 315, ditto. 



4, No manure 134, very fmall. 

 5*. Compoft, dung lime, and foil - - 20.4., middling. 



6. Stable dung covered with common yellow mafs 438, remarkably fine, 



7. Soaper s wafte . 383,very fine. 

 8 k . Stable dung and lime - 268, tolerable. 

 9* Lime alone . 137, ditto. 



&quot;* Billingfly s Report of Somerfetfhtre; and Wimpey, in Bath Papers, vol. VI, 



