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vicinity of the farm-yard, are frequently filled with, 

 haulm, or inferior straw. The putrefaction of it is 

 promoted by being trodden, and by receiving the urine 

 of passing cattle, which would be much facilitated, were 

 the place in which it is deposited overshaded with trees, 

 and sheltered from the too great action of wind and 



In Scotland, a preference is generally given to a slop- 

 ing bank or rising ground for the situation of farm- 

 houses and offices; and, as there are but few instances, 

 unless of a recent date, where an inclosed farm-yard is 

 to be met with, the urine from the stables and cow- 

 houses, as well as the juices from the dung heap, run 

 off, or are washed away by the rains, and turn to no good 

 account. 



The want of proper farm-yards and conveniencies is 

 but one of the reasons why a less quantity of dung is 

 made by the farmers in Scotland than by those of Eng- 

 land. The principal one is, that as the greater part of 

 'Scotland is better adapted to the breeding of cattle than 

 to the production of grain, the whole of the straw pro- 



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