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a labourer, he took a farm, not twenty acres, and died 

 lately worth 5 oo/.; his fituation, within two miles of 

 Lifburn, was advantageous for difpofing of his produce, 

 particularly potatoes, which he cultivated in a firft-rate 

 manner. In forming a dunghill, particular attention 

 ihould be paid to its fituation; too much moiflure, as 

 \yell as too little, equally prevent its rotting as it ought 

 to do. Dung, except for a garden, (hould not be kept 

 longer than the ftraws, of which it is partly compofed, 

 can be feen in cutting it; when thefe are no longer to 

 be perceived, it has loft much of its improving qualities, 

 as the putrefactive procefs is completed. 



Lime, from its being more portable than any other 

 manure, is the mofl general, dung excepted. I might 

 here, according to the example of Ellis (who thus often 

 introduces any improvement he recommends), mention 

 nine good ways of ufmg this general fertilizer, which 

 feldotn fails of anfwering the expectation of the farmer. 

 The quantity ufed depends a good deal upon the na- 

 ture of the foil, and the fituation of the land : upon 

 flrong foils, an hundred barrels, of three Winchefter 

 bufhels each, are not found too much, whilft, upon 

 thofe of a lighter nature, half the quantity, is often 

 thought fufficient. The method mofl in ufe is, to 

 fpread it on lea in the latter end of fummer, with the 

 intention of fuffering it to remain on the land for one 

 or more years, according to the convenience of the 

 owner; the older the lea, the more lime is ufually ap- 

 plied i 



