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it He a while ; then enter it with a deep cleaving furrow, 

 and in this way plough it to the bottom ; then go over it 

 again with gathering furrows, until the whole is thrown up 

 into a high ridge, and in this situation let it again lie to 

 ferment. 



Repeat the process of cleaving down, and ridging up, at 

 proper intervals, till the whole mass is well fermented ; and 

 then cart it out, and mix it with the soil, at the rate of 

 about thirty- five loads to the acre. 



The component parts of manure made in this way, or 

 something similar, should be adapted to the soil intended 

 to be manured. 



Mr. Young) of Delaware, greatly improved wornout clay- 

 lands, by composts, in which lime was a principal ingredi- 

 ent ; and, while the land thus became redeemed from abso- 

 lute sterility, the soil at the same time became darker in 

 color, and lost that stubborn adhesiveness, so troublesome 

 in clay-soils. 



Mr. dshfordt of Pennsylvania, put two hundred bushels 

 of lime on nine acres; planted the ground with Indian corn; 

 left one acre unlimed ; crop of corn great, where the lime 

 was applied. Next year, Summer-fallowed, and had good 

 wheat and rye, where the land was limed. Sowed herds- 

 grass and clover, and applied gypsum to the whole ; had a 

 good crop of grass, where the land was manured with lime; 

 but poor, where it was not. 



This was probably land somewhat stiff, and considerably 

 exhausted. It would seem that stiff lands are commonly 

 very considerably assisted by gypsum, after having been 

 manured with lime. 



Mr. Ashford says he ploughs his land for Indian corn in 

 the Fall, lays on his lime in the Spring, and is never trou- 

 bled with either worms or weeds. He brings home all his 

 cornstalks in the Fall, lays them down, firmly troden, with 

 alternate layers of lime; and next Spring he finds the mass 

 roted and fit for use. 



If he were to add some barn-dung, and some earths, 

 suitable to the soil to be manured, he would find his heap 

 of compost much improved in quantity, and perhaps in 

 quality. 



Peachtrees, when planted in grass-grounds, where they 

 naturally grow but indifferently, are much assisted by strew* 

 ing some lime round the roots. This probably assists in re- 

 peling insects, as well as in serving as a manure for the 

 trees. 



See ORCHARD, where Mr. CQXC assisted the growth of 

 his young appletrees, by a compost in which lime was an 

 ingredient. 



