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; Know ye the land where the Cypress and Myrtle 



Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime \ 

 Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, 



Now melt into sadness, now madden to crime ? 

 Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, 

 Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever 



shine : 

 Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with 



perfume, 

 Was faint ' 



AGNESIA. See Soils, 

 Fertile, Chemical Con- 

 stituents of. 



Manganese. See Soils, 



Fertile, Chemical Con- 

 stituents of. 



Manure. 



Collecting and preparing manure, and 

 transporting it where it is wanted, are 

 operations that should be attended to 

 when other operations become impossible. 

 The waste, not only of liquid, but solid 

 manure, in this country, is enormous. 

 Everything that has ever been endowed 

 with life, and all the excreta proceeding 

 from them, are available for manure. 

 Their nature, varieties, influence, and 



o'er the gardens of Giil in her bloom." 



BYRON. 



the mode of their application, may be 

 endlessly varied ; but all alike possess a 

 power of enriching the earth. The hard 

 texture of bone or wood fibre may render 

 it desirable to subject them to chemical 

 action, or the influence of fire, to render 

 them more speedily available to the wants 

 of plants ; but these hard substances 

 possess the elements of plant -food in 

 common with the soft constituents ot 

 plants and animals. The influence of 

 sulphuric acid upon bones is well known. 

 When fire is used to break down or soften 

 woody fibre, it should be applied so as to 

 char, and not to burn it. Charring is 

 effected by covering the heap of r;ood to 

 be operated upon with turf or earth, so as 

 almost entirely to exclude the air, and Ihw 

 insure slow combustion. Almost any 



