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foil or manure whatever. It feems to be 

 the ambroiia, and the dunghill drainings, 

 the nedtar, of vegetable life. The latter, 

 however, if too freely indulged in, is rather 

 of an intoxicating nature. 



The importance and effed: * of manure 

 being now generally credited and acknow- 

 ledged, (at lead much more fo lately than 

 heretofore) \ it would appear to be the in- 

 difpenfable duty of every gardener and 

 cultivator of the earth, to be careful in the 

 collection of it, and alfo to diftribute it 

 with fkilful frugality. For this purpofe, 

 a well, cittern, &c. fliould be contrived fo 

 as to colled; the dunghill drainings \ and 

 in the application of manure of any kind, 

 the greateft care fhould be taken to divide 

 it equally, according to the quantity to be 

 applied. 



All animal fubftances, when properly 

 applied, are good manures ; and as animals 



Y derive 



* We may briefly define the effect of manures, when 

 properly applied, thus : Correcting tenacity, crudity, and 

 porofity in the foil ; exciting its fermentation, commu- 

 nicating nutnt've matter, and affording nour.fhment to 

 the roots of plants ; thereby promoting vegetation, and 

 their perfection. 



