SECTION THIRD. 



MANURES 



CHAPTER I. 



CHARACTER AND VARIETIES OF MA- 

 NURES. 



THE study of the science of manures is one of the 

 most important branches of the practical education 

 of a farmer. ~No baker would be called a good prac- 

 tical baker, who kept his flour exposed to the sun and 

 rain. No shoemaker would be called a good practi- 

 cal shoemaker, who used morocco for the soles of his 

 shoes, and heavy leather for the uppers. No car- 

 penter would be called a good practical carpenter, 

 who tried to build a house without nails, or other 

 fastenings. So with the farmer. He cannot be 

 called a good practical farmer if he keeps the ma- 

 terials, from which he is to make plants, in such a 

 condition, that they will have their value destroyed, 

 uses them in the wrong places, or tries to put them 



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