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This manure is well fitted to be used in the dry 

 state, thrown into the ground with the seed, and re- 

 quires no preparation. 



The doctrine of the proper application of ma- 

 nures from organized substances, offers an illustration 

 of an important part of the ceconomy of nature, and 

 of the happy order in which it is arranged. 



The death and decay of animal substances tend 

 to resolve organised forms into chemical constituents ; 

 and the pernicious effluvia disengaged in the process 

 seem to point out the propriety of burying them in 

 the soil, where they are fitted to become the food of 

 vegetables. The fermentation and putrefaction of or- 

 ganised substances in the free atmosphere are noxious 

 processes ; beneath the surface of the ground they 

 are salutary operations. In this case the food of plants 

 is prepared where it can be used ; and that which 

 would offend the senses and injure the health, if ex- 

 posed, is converted by gradual processes info forms of 

 beauty and of usefulness ; the foetid gas is rendered a 

 constituent of the aroma of the flower, and what 

 might be poison, becomes nourishment to animals 

 arid to man. 



