46 MANURE. 



not, by dissolution, become a most useful ingre- 

 dient for the restoration of an exhausted soil 

 Besides, therefore, the commonest kind of 

 manure, any refuse of the butcher and the 

 fishmonger, the soap-maker and the sugar- 

 boiler, is acceptable to the farmer; who, of 

 course, has in this respect an advantage, if at 

 no great distance from places where these are 

 to be procured. 



Lime, salt, burnt earth, sand and shells, soap- 

 ashes, and I know not how many other things, 

 with decayed vegetable matter, are applied to 

 the earth, as a sort of re-payment, for which, 

 however, she always accounts with high interest. 

 Meadows pay well for the best manure, but will 

 be mended much, even by more earth sprinkled 

 on the sward. 



There are many "other things essential to 

 good tillage, which the experienced and intelli- 



