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by the plough and harrow ; other 

 kinds to be used only as top dres- 

 sings. 



F'armers and gardeners should 

 not be so inattentive tc) their own 

 interest, or tliat of their ennployers, 

 as to suffer a variety of valuable 

 manures to Wv. useless, while they 

 are suffering for want of then). I 

 have drawn up the following list for 

 their benefit, hoping that such a 

 variety, all of which can be had by 

 one or other, in this country, and 

 by most farmers in plenty, might 

 excite the ambition of some to 

 make use of their advantages, and 

 suffer no manures to escape their 

 attention. 



The substances fit to be used as 

 manures, are either animal, vege- 

 table, fossil, or mixed. 



Animal manures are such as these 

 that follow : 



Putrefied flesh, such as the car- 

 cases of animals, or meat not well 

 saved. This may be an ingredient 

 in compost, or buried at the foot of 

 fruit trees to increase their fruit- 

 fulness. Dead horses, dogs, cats, 

 rats, and uneatable birds, should, 

 instead of putrefying the air by rot- 

 ting above ground, be thus convert- 

 ed to an economical purpose. 

 When the carcases of animals are 

 buried in dung-hills, it may be pro- 

 per to lay over them some bushes 

 of thorn, to prevent ravenous dogs 

 from taking them away. 



Blood, m'wed with saw dust, and 

 used as a top dressing, &c. See 

 the article Blood. 



Hair, a top dressing for grass 

 land; under the surface of a dry 

 soil in tillage; or used in compost. 

 In either way it is an excellent fer- 

 tilizer. 



Feathers, such as have been 

 worn out in beds, or are unfit to 

 go into them — in compost. 



Refuse 7vool, such coarse dag 

 locks as are not tit for carding — 

 covered with the plough in a dry 

 soil. They will serve as spunges 

 to retain moisture, and be a rich 

 food for plants when they are dis- 

 solved. So will 



Woollen rags, chopped to pieces, 

 for a light soil. 1 hey should be 

 cut as small as an inch square. 

 Twer)ty-four bushels are said to be 

 a sufHrient quantity for the dress- 

 ing of an acre. These should be 

 under the surface. 



Hoofs of cattie, sheep, &c. If 

 large hoofs were set in holes with 

 the points downwards in a dry 

 soil, so low as not to be disturbed 

 by the plough, they would cause 

 the land to retain moisture, and 

 hold the manure, not only by the 

 spiinginess of their substance, but 

 also more especially by their hol- 

 lowness. 



Bones, of all kinds, pounded or 

 broken into small pieces, with 

 hammers or mallets. This is an 

 incomparable manure, if they have 

 not been burnt, nor boiled in soap. 

 But in either way they should be 

 saved for manure. Sixty bushels 

 are a sufficient dressing for an 

 acre. 



Raw skins of all kinds of ani- 

 mals. These should be cut into 

 small pieces, and used for light 

 soils, ploughed in. 



Leather, new or old, in small 

 bits, for dry soils, ploughed in. 



Curriers'' shavings, cut small, 

 for a soil of sand or gravel, plough' 

 I ed in. 



