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plant, which but last year sprung from the ruins 

 of another. Nature continually deals in wonders. 



Many farmers notoriously throw away many re- 

 sources, which they might turn to great advantage. 

 Does a horse die on the farm, straightway his hide is 

 taken off and sold, and the more valuable part drag- 

 ged out to feed the " bleaking buzzards of the night," 

 as though the carcass were good for nothing. The 

 same is performed when an ox, cow, sheep, or any 

 other animal dies, or gets killed on the farm. And 

 thus they labor, I mean all such injudicious farmers, 

 to throw away the very best sources of manure on 

 their farms. All dead animals, even to dogs, cats, 

 and rats, should be turned to account, by making a 

 compost of them with lime. Animal matter makes 

 the best of manure, when decomposed or reduced to 

 original principles. How many loads of the best ma- 

 nure are thus lost every year by injudicious manage- 

 ment ! Heaven has placed within our reach all that 

 we need, if we will not blindly overlook our advanta- 

 ges, and despise the blessings which an all-wise God 

 bestows upon us. 



ON MARL. 



Though my system of agriculture is based on the 

 fact, that nature will manure the land if kept covered 



