THE RURAL SOCRATES. it 



work ihight far exceed the profit : Kliyogg has thought 

 of a means, that, in a great meafure, reduces both s 

 this he calls, in his language, '' going the (horteft 

 way to work ,'' which is a fundamental maxim in all 

 his proceedings. In purfuance of it, he dug a well in 

 an orchard adjoining to his bleaching- ground, at a pro* 

 per height, to convey whatever quantity of water he has 

 occafion for by a wooden pipe dire^Slly into the copper* 

 His refervoirs of flagnant water arc funk below his flails 

 and ftables, with the fame view to conveuiency. There 

 is likewife a trough at the declivity of the dunghill to 

 receive the water that drains from it ; which gi\es an 

 cafy opportunity of moiftening the dunghill frequently, 

 without robbing the foil of its fhare of the ftagnant 

 water. 



The fuccefs of this method of watering his dunghill, 

 fbggefted an idea of putrefying finall twigs of fir or pine, 

 without ufing them for litter. He Jays them in clofe 

 heaps, preffed down, and covered with earth, to prevent 

 evaporation ; and pours flagnated water on them every- 

 day, till converted into rich mould. 



Kliyogg is Co perfectly convinced of the efEcacy of 

 heat in accelerating putrefaction, that he believes all 



foils, 



fceowlejge in cbymitlry !— ** Let us make," fays he, page 6r, "foma 

 ** praflical obfcrvations with regard to tke msBagement of dunghills ; fot 

 '♦ this is in affair of confidera'islc importance, and in which hf.vtxt (eem 

 " to be very ignorant. Dry vegetables require a comfiderablc degree of 

 ** moifture before they can be brought to putrefy. I think donghills are 

 *' genaraliy kept too dry, as they are commonly placed on a high fit- 

 *' uation, and are themfelves raif»d to a confiderablc height, A hollow fit- 

 *• uation, which will retain the raoifture, is the beff-. Too nsoch moifture 

 •* is likewife bad. This may be prevented by having hollow places with 

 **clay bottoms at the fide of the dunghill, into which the foperfluoag 

 «* iroirTorc may be allowed to run, and from whence it may be rcftored 

 ** again by pumps to the dunghill at pleafure." — —And again, "there 

 *• are ferments for the potrefa^ive fermentaiion as well as the Tinoas. 

 ** Hence Slahl, Corpus in pjitredine exi^enSi Sec, Sec,** If the urine of Jiorfe* 

 «nd ftall-fed cattle is carried into proper refervoirs, and there allowed to 

 tarn ftale, it will, if thtowiion th« duoghill, very mijclj quickfs tl'.e h^^ 

 isiMtation. F. 



