Improvement of arable Land. 207 

 much change and improve the very Na- 

 ture of the Land k felf. Thefe I call 

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SECTION XV. 



Of the Suferfiaial Improvement of Lan^s^ after '■ 

 the J are [own y by Pigeon s andSheefs Dung. 



Pigeon's Dung has long ago been known 

 to be one ot the beft Superficial Im- 

 provements that can be laid on Meadov/ or 

 Corn Land, when it has lain fometime 

 abroad, and is a little aired and fweet- 

 ned, and is efpecially to be recommended for^ 

 ail cold, wet, clayey Lands ; this 1 would 

 alfo keep after 'lis aired and dried in the 

 Gonlervatory, that it may be dry and fit to^ 

 fow thep, which it is not if it lies abroady"^ 

 becaufe it naturally clots in the wet: 'Tis* 

 beft then to mix it with a little E^rth, t&^ 

 keep it from hanging together; and when it* 

 is dry in the Summer, the biggeft Clods 

 ought to be well beat to pieces and pulve- 

 rized, by which means you may fow it as thin 

 as you will, for the fowing of it too thick is 

 a great Fault, it being naturally very hot 

 and ftrong. The Dung in Hen Roofts, that- of 

 Swans, PeacocksjPatridges, or any other of the 

 oviparous Kind, are alfo to be us'd after the 



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