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Manures are to be applied either as fim- 

 ples or compounds ; but the latter method 

 is certainly the moft eligible. For certain 

 it Is, that if they have not undergone a pro- 

 per fermentation, their effedls are, giving 

 a rank and difagreeable flavour to fruits 

 and vegetables ; and if an immoderate 

 quantity is applied, of producing a conii- 

 derable degree of unwholefomenefs, and 

 tainting the juices of all plants. 



A combination of ftable-dung, fea-\veed, 

 lime, and vegetable mould, which has lain 

 in a heap for three or four months, and 

 has been two or three times turned during 

 that period, will make an excellent ma- 

 nure for moft kinds of garden-land. Al- 

 fo, cow-dung, hog-dung and Iheep-dung, 

 mixed with foot or any of the kinds of 

 afhes. Pigeon-dung, marl, and vegetable 

 mould, well mixed, will alfo make an ex- 

 cellent manure for heavy land; or even 

 for lighter foils, provided the pigeon-dung 

 be ufed fparingly. 



Neats-dung, that is, of cows and oxen, 

 and hog-dung, being flightly fermented, 

 will compofe a very fit and rich manure 

 for light, hot foils. For thofe of a dry, 



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