Improvement of arable Land. 1 71; 



SECTION V- 



Of the Nature of Dungs ^ 8cc. fir the Improve-' 

 ment of Land before jowing. 



Of Horfe Vung^ 



WE begin with Horfe Dung, being the 

 commonefl: and befl known ; and, as 

 it is fimpiy confidered, the beft Improve- 

 ment for cold jejune Lands (as Cow Dung 

 is for hot) that we have in any Qjuiantity, 

 tho' I can't but urge, as I have elfewhere in- 

 timated the ufing Horfe Dung alone, or when 

 it's too new, is a great Faulty and, which is 

 word of all, the fpreading it thin over their 

 Lands in Summer time , by which means the 

 Sun draws out all the Virtue and Goodnefs of 

 it, and leaves it little better than Thatch or 

 dry Straw ; the ufing it in too great a degree 

 is likewife a fault that ought to be avoided, 

 as being thereby naturally produdtive of 

 Weeds (I mean as to Corn) tho* in the 

 Kitchen Garden, as for Colly-Flowers, Cab- 

 bage, and all other Plants that grow there, 

 and require abundance of Nourifliment, you 

 can fcarce ufe too much of it ; But for Corn 

 Lands that are light, and not too much wore 

 out, I j^ or 20 Load will do for an Acre, 



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