JUNE.] EMPTY POXDS. 3/1 



provcmcnt arc the same as of marie or clay, being 

 sometimes dug and thrown directly into carts, and 

 at others drawn up in buckets through shafts. 

 These variations are not of such importance as to 

 exclude the propriety of the improvement, even in 

 the most expensive countries. 



EMPTY PONDS. 



This is a proper season for emptying ponds, and 

 cleansing rivers ; for, being early in the summer, 

 you will afterwards have an opportunity of turning 

 the mud over, and thereby sweetening it, and lay- 

 ing it into the proper state for bringing on to the 

 l.md. This is a part of husbandry too much neg- 

 lected by many farmers ; but advantage should 

 always be taken of it by a good husbandman, when 

 he is lucky enough to succeed a great sloven ; for 

 then he will probably find all the ponds, &c. full of 

 rich mud. 



It is improbable that pond mud, especially if 

 there is a stream into the water, should ever fail of 

 proving a good manure, when judiciously used. 

 The method of managing it, which has been found 

 the most beneficial, is the following : 



As soon as the mud is dry, and hard enough to 

 spit, turn it over, and, in about three weeks or a 

 month after, mix it with an equal quantity of 

 chalk or marie : either bring the chalk to the mud, 

 or carry the mud to the chalk. If lime is cheap 

 and plenty, it will be an excellent management to 

 add about one-fourth the quantity of mud in lime. 

 Let the whole be mixed well together, and remain 

 & b 2 until 



