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DUNG probably was the manure firft 

 ufed by farmers, as all vegetables fponta- 

 neoufly turn to it, and as accident mufl 

 foon have difcovered its good effects. It is 

 the manure at prefent moft ufed. The 

 manner in which it is made, is, therefore, 

 a fpeculation worthy of our attention, and 

 may lead to fome ufeful hints in the ma- 

 nagement of dunghills. 



PUTREFACTION is defined by chymifts 

 to be an inteftine motion of a body, whereby 

 the union, texture, colour, fmell and tafte 

 are deftroyed. 



THERE is no change fo common in na- 

 ture, as that of bodies from an entire to a 

 corrupted flate. All vegetables, whether 

 acid, acefcent, alkalefcent, auftere, aroma- 

 tic, infipid, cold or hot, are liable to cor- 

 ruption, and generally end in it. The al- 

 kalefcent, fuch as onions, celery, &c. run 

 immediately into corruption, without un- 

 dergoing 



