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for the nourishing of 



Oil, of all sorts, used in corn 

 posts, not applied to the soil till a 

 year after it is mixed, that it may 

 be dissolved and altered. 



Fish, of all kinds, from the whale 

 to the muscle; they are best used 

 in co'iiposts ; and should lie a year, 

 that their oil may be dissolved, 

 and fitted 

 plants. 



Offal of fish, in composts, fit for 

 one soil or another, according to 

 the predominant ingredients of the 

 mixture. 



. The vegetable manures are good, 

 though not so strong as animal 

 ones. They can be had in greater 

 plenty in most places ; and ought 

 to be laid on in larger quantities. 

 Green vegetables, such as all use- 

 less weeds in fields and gardens. 

 These should be collected and rot- 

 ted in heaps They are a good 

 manure for all soils, and to nourish 

 all sorts of plants. 



Aquatic zveeds, such as grow in 

 the borders of ponds and rivers. 

 These should be collected in large 

 heaps on the higher ground, and 

 covered with turfs, the grass side 

 outwards. These heaps will be 

 easily made in some places, and 

 will be a valuable manure. Some 

 say, care should be taken to pre- 

 vent their taking fire by ferment- 

 ing, as their heat will be very 

 great. 



Straw, and other offal of corn of 

 all kinds, rotted in farm yards, or 

 dung pits. 



Refuse hay, both fresh and salt, 

 rotted in yards, and tram|)led on 

 by cattle, and mixed with their ex- 

 crements. 



Thatch, that grows by the sides 



of salt creeks, or the parts of it 

 which cattle will not eat, should 

 be thrown into the farm >ard. to 

 putrefy. Thus a great increase of 

 good manure may be made. 



The hauhn of all dry vegetables, 

 such as the stalks of potatoes, 

 beans, peas, &LC. Even the offal 

 of flax, if it have suflicient time to 

 rot, will be a good manure. 



Ferji, a vegetable peculiarly 

 adapted to the purpose of making 

 manure. See Fern. 



Lees of fermented liquors, rot- 

 ten fruit, and pomace, in compost. 

 Oil calces, which may be got at the 

 mills where hnseed oil is expressed 

 for top-dressing, being first pulver- 

 ized. 



Tanners'' bark, irom~\ Fermented 



the oak tree, ! with other 



Leaves of decidu- I manures, to 



ous trees, .'be laid on 



Rotten wood, \ clayey and 



Sav} dust, J stiff soils. 



Wood ashes, a good top-dressing 



for almost any kind of soils, but 



best for a moist one. 



Coal ashes, top-dressing for cold 

 damp soils. 



Coal dust, top-dressing for low 

 meadows. 



Malt dust. See that article. 

 Sea plants, rock-weed, eel-grass, 

 &c. are the most valuable of green 

 vegetables for manure. They 

 should be either ploughed into the 

 soil, or mellowed in compost dung- 

 hills, it is a wrong practice to 

 use them as top-dressings. Much 

 of (heir virtue in this way is lost. 

 Moss, mixed with dung in holes 

 for a dry soil. Good for potatoes. 

 Linen rags ; these will be a ma- 

 nure worth saving, but they take a 



