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IT mould be laid in a heap under cover 

 ten days at leaft, for bark is much longer 

 in heating than dung; .when it has been 

 in the heap fix days it mould be turned 

 over, that the outfides may be in the fame 

 condition as the middle ; for the outride 

 of bark never heats when it lays in an open 

 heap ; when it has juft come to a moderate 

 heat after turning, it is in order for the 

 bed. 



OLD bark from a pine-ftove that is dry 

 and round will anfwer, if it is watered a 

 little and thrown into a heap to ferment ; 

 but it is not fo good as the new ; it was 

 from fuch I had the firft fuccefs. I then 

 mixed it with an equal quantity of new, 

 and it anfwered much better than when it 

 was all old ; but there being a difadvan- 

 tage in taking fo much round bark from 

 the ftove, ] tried all new, and found it 

 much better than either of the former. 



AT the fame time there mould every day 

 be faved from the ftable the horfe-drop- 



pings, 



