88 On Barilla, as a Manure* 



or two hnndred weight per acre : used in this way, or 

 sowed by hand over the land as a top dressing, it pos- 

 sesses the power of preventing the fly from destroying 

 the turnip crop ; it may be sown broadcast by hand 

 over the land, and immediately harrowed in with any 

 sort of seed ; or it may be made up into compost with 

 ditch or pond scourings, road scrapings, peat or sand, 

 if intended for clay land ; or if intended for light sand, 

 peat, or chalk land, it may be made into compost with 

 clay, and after blending the materials together, by turn- 

 ing, may be used on grass or plowed land, as other 

 manures. 



It will make a very strong and most valuable com- 

 post manure used thus : — Deposit on the ground a lay- 

 er of peat, road- scrapings, or any other earth, twelve 

 inches thick, on this place a layer of couch grass, young 

 furze, green brambles, ling, fern, or weeds, twelve 

 inches thick, or a layer of long dung, six inches thick, 

 strew over the couch weeds, fern, Sec. or dung, a layer 

 of Barilla, half an inch or an inch thick : — thus proceed 

 with alternate layers, until you have made up the de- 

 sired quantity of compost ; it should then be left a pro- 

 per time to ferment, after which it may be turned over 

 to blend its particles together, and used as other ma- 

 nures, either on grass or plowed land. In this way, 

 valuable manure may be made on lands which would 

 otherwise be inaccessible to the dung cart without a 

 heavy expense. 



Barilla is a most valuable wash for seed wheat or any 

 other seeds. For this purpose, put one pound of it to 

 every gallon of soft \vater used ; place the seed in this 

 mixture, and stir it well for ten minutes, after which 



