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an attendant on the former. Contiguous half- 

 acres, or roods, should be marked out, the prices of 

 the manures calculated, and on each piece a sepa- 

 rate one spread, all, for instance, to the amount of 

 20s. an acre. At hay time, the crops should be 

 weighed. It will then be known which manure, at 

 the given prices, suits the soil best. This know- 

 ledge will prove true experience, and a very diffe- 

 rent guide from general ideas. 



MANURE GREEN WHEATS. 

 This is likewise the season for spreading super- 

 ficial dressings on the green wheats, such as soot, 

 ashes, malt-dust, pigeons' dung, poultry dung, rab- 

 bits' dung, &c. and many other sorts in the neigh- 

 bourhood of great cities. It is very good hus- 

 bandry ; but the profit depends on the expences. 

 I shall venture to recommend trying them in small, 

 (a rood, for instance, to each) before extending the 

 practice to whole fields. As to dungs, provided 

 the prices be not extravagant, there can be no 

 doubt of malt-dust and soot answering on all soils. 

 Whenever a farmer has the choice of manures, 

 never let him hesitate about which to take. He 

 may lay it down as a maxim, that all animal ma- 

 mires are excellent. Others may be the same, 

 but they are not so universally beneficial to all 

 soils. 



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