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compoft with lime, will be found benefi- 

 cial. For fuch foils alfo, a compoft of coal- 

 afties, pigeon-dung, and lime ; or of wood- 

 afties, whin afhes, fern afhes, and ftable- 

 dung; or, of deer- dung, rabbits-dung, foot, 

 and burnt fward, &c. will make a good 

 manure. 



Manures being valuable in proportion to 

 the falts and the oils they contain, are to 

 be applied in quantity according to their 

 quality. Hence, the dung of pigeons 

 fhould be ufed in much fmaller proportion 

 than that of horfes, it containing a greater 

 quantity of volatile falts ; and fo the afhes 

 of vegetables containing a portion of fix- 

 ed alkaline falts, being more powerful, are 

 to be applied in ftill fmaller quantity. So 

 alfo, lime, being the moft powerful of the 

 calcareous kinds, fhould be applied, in or- 

 dinary cafes, in much fmaller quantity 

 than marl. 



Vegetable mould may either be ufed as 

 a fimple or a compound, and is to be ap- 

 plied with equal propriety to all foils. 

 None can be hurt by it in any degree; 

 fince almoft every plant will grow luxuri- 

 antly in it entirely, without the aid of any 



foil 



