f(Sr Expeiimenh on Manures^ 



the fi{h are plenty, cannot exceed three (hillings per ton, and is 

 the ciiea|.ell manure, confidering its qualiiy, of any yet known, 

 provided it is durable, which cannot yet be determined. On 

 fome parts of Long Ilidiid thofe i Ih are taken in leins, and 

 carted fix and I'even miles for the purpofe of maiiure, and is 

 found to be a very profitable buhnefs. 



Mr. Glover relates a circumftance wiiich is curious, and con- 

 firms fome expermients made by Doctor Prujily^ and at the 

 fame time Ihews that you derive lefsbenehr from thole hlh when 

 expofed to the air, than when covered with earth. He made 

 a heap compofed ofthofehfh and earth, in the manner above 

 related, near a fence where a field of wiieat was growing on die 

 oppcjfite fide. The wheat near the heap lotjn changed its 

 col<Air, and grew luxuriant ; ar.d at harvtfi yielded n^ar double 

 the quantity to the otl.er parts of the held. He is conhdent 

 that the wncat cuuld derive no noursfhrnent from the heap or 

 compoll by 'ts being wafhed by rains to the gn)und on the other 

 fide of the fence where th.e wheat grew, and could be effefcted 

 only by the effluvia anfing from the putrefatlion uf thetiih, and 

 ablbrbed by the leaves of the wheat* 



