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to dissolve these large pieces ; and as a new fer- 

 mentation is excited every time the compost is 

 turned, the strength of the manure is greatly 

 wasted before it is laid upon the land, where it is 

 then incapable of raising any considerable fermen- 

 tation, which is one of the principal uses of manure. 



" The best way, therefore, of making compost, 

 is not in thick layers ; but after the ground is 

 marked out for the compost, to lay the several ma- 

 terials, after being well broken, in heaps round the 

 space marked out for the compost-heap ; and to 

 place a man between each two heaps, to throw the 

 manure spreading upon that space. In this man- 

 ner the compost-heap will soon be raised to the in- 

 tended height, and the several sorts of manure 

 being thus well mixed, the whole will soon begin 

 to ferment, and will incorporate as fully in two 

 nipnths, as the same manures, placed in layers iii 

 the usual way, will in four or five. The owner, 

 therefore, in making such compost, should not pre- 

 pare them too long before they are laid upon the 

 land ; otherwise they will be much wasted, and 

 their best parts evaporated. 



f< Composts prepared in this manner need not 

 be- turned, or at most not above once. If the fer- 

 inentation is observed to abate too soon, make 

 boles with .a pole, from the top almost to the 

 Jjottom of, the heap, upon which throw urine, 

 or the running of a dunghill, which will fill the 

 hole* .force, through the whole substance of the 

 compost, and soon complete the fermentation. 



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