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wafhed out of them by rains may be carried dire^ily into 

 the compofl heap. All kinds of weeds from the hdes of 

 fields, where they often do much hurt, by fhading and 

 drawing the nouriOiment from plants that grow near them, 

 iriay be pulled and thrown in ; And in hoeing where the 

 land is weedy, fmall children might often be employed to 

 good advantage in gathering up the weeds after the hoers, 

 <tnd throwing thern in heaps ; by which they would be 

 prevented horn taking root again, the land would lie clean, 

 and cart loads might in that way be gathered. Sprouts 

 alfo pulled from the Hubs in new ground, when thev are in 

 a fucculent ftate, before they grow woody or hard (which 

 by the way is the beft time to (prout new ground) may be 

 thrown in heaps and carted in : Rock weed, kelp, and all 

 forts of lea weed or grafs, may be carried in great quanti- 

 ties, where they can be had ; garbage of filh, hair, blood, 

 bones, woolen rags, oyfter (hells, mufcles, and every kind 

 of animal fubftance, are excellent, and capable of making 

 more than four times their own weight of good manure ; 

 afhes, fuch as are made by burning bullies, may all be 

 thrown m, and it is better to gather fome of the earth with 

 them, than to leave any of the afhes, as the top of the earth 

 in thofe places is often almoft as much impregnated with 

 falts as the afhes themielves ; aflies that have been leeched 

 are alfo good ; the dung in the cov/ yard fiiould be removed 

 every morning into a heap by the lide of the yard ; by 

 this means the yard is kept clean, and the dung is kept 

 from drying, and as often as there is enough may be carted 

 to the general heap. If the farmer has not the conveni- 

 eticy of a hog paflure, but is obliged to keep his hogs in a 

 fly, he will find it for his intereft to throw in great quan- 

 tities of green weeds, grafs, &c. as it will fave more coftly 

 feeding, and in this cafe the lly fhould be often cleared 

 and its contents carried to the general heap. To a corn- 

 poll heap, made of fuch materials, confiderable earth may 

 be added ; but then it fhould be well ehofen ; any place 

 where the wafh of a road or flreet is brought to fettle, is 

 excellent, and mud may often be taken from fettling pla- 

 ces in a road, and dry earth put in its place, to the great 

 advantage both of the road and him who takes it ; half a 

 hundred loads of good loam, and even more, where there 



