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putrefying till it is put on the land. But whatever is used, it 

 should be added to the contents of the yai"d, to increase its quan- 

 tit)' and to add to its qualin". "We shall speak of peat, as usetiil for 

 this and other purposes, when we come to that substance and its 

 uses. 



K the adaptation of particular manures to particular crops 

 were well understood, it would unquestionably be proper to pre- 

 serve all the various manures of the farm for their specific uses. 

 Thus the stable dung of horses would be applied to one spe- 

 cies of crop — that of the cows to another — so of the contents 

 of the hog-pen, &:c. But we know as yet too little of the adapt- 

 edness of individual maniues, and therefore the wisest plan is to 

 mix them all together in the barn yai^d. We make to this but 

 one exception, and that from actual experience as well as obser- 

 vation. AMien poultry are kept upon a farm they produce a 

 manure in their dung, which is the most powerful of all that are 

 made about the farmery. Its quantity is not so great as to add 

 materially to the amotmt in the yard, but its strength is such, that 

 a little will go a great way. We, therefore, advise this to be 

 kept distinct, and applied to corn just after it comes up, about 

 one gill to each hill, and mixed with the earth. 



Treatment of Yard .Manure. — The contents of the bam yard 

 will not alwa)"s take care of themselves, and being exposed often 

 to great loss and injmy", it is highly important to understand how 

 to take care of it and prevent this loss. The great danger is 

 fix)m too rapid rotting, and the escape of nutritious gases. This will 

 take place very readily at any season of the year when manures of 

 this kind are thrown together in loose heaps, allowins: a free cir- 

 culation of air throu2:h them. Fermentation takes place — intense 

 heat is often produced, and the inside of the heap is often re- 

 duced to a half burnt state. Whilst this has been going on the 

 various erases which are formed escape into the air. and are lost. 

 The question then is, how to prevent this process from taking 

 place- 



K the contents of the yard are kept constantly wet and trodden 

 down hard by the cattle, there is little danger of an amoimt of 



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