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whole on half an acre, as manure for wheat, to be ufcd in the 

 fame manner as you would die five loads of leached aflies. If 

 this fucceeds, and is equal to five loads of aflies, it will be a valu- 

 able acquifition to the farmer, as thefe falts may be obtained in 

 any quantities; the expence of tranfportation by water or land 

 is inconfiderablc, and will finally be a much cheaper manure 

 than leached aflies. This experiment might be tried on a 

 fmaller fcale ; but as you cannot well purchafe a lefs quantity 

 of thofe falts than a barrel, it is propofed to ufe fo much in the 

 experiment, which will fully determine its relative value with 

 aflies. 



The Manure of Fifli. 



Experiments made by ufing the fifli called Menhaden or 

 Moftjankers as a manure, have fucceeded beyond expe6lation, 

 and will likely become a fource of wealth to farmers living on 

 fuch parts of the fea coafts where they can be taken with eafe, 

 and in great abundance. Thefe fifli abound with oil and 

 blood more than any other kind of their fize. They are not 

 ufed for food, except by negroes, in the Englilli Wefl:-India 

 iflands; and the price is fo low, that it will not anfwer to cure 

 them for market. They are eafily taken in the month of June, 

 when they come near the fliorcs in large and numerous fchooL?. 

 Thefe fifii have been ufed as a manure in divers ways, and on 

 different foils, 



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