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cumstances of the conduct much exceeds the ex- 

 pence of it, for all soils, cannot be doobted. 



A great recommendation of this farm y a ft} system 

 is, the cheapness of thus manuring the land : the 

 farmer will find, that he can, in no other method., 

 manure at nearly so small an expence. Purchased 

 manures come higher : many of them much more 

 expensive, in proportion to their value. 



In some situations, there are no manures of any 

 sort to be purchased ; in such, the farmers, if they 

 do not adopt such a plan as I have mentioned, must 

 give their land a poor chance ; for it must be an 

 admirable soil, or course of props, to render manure 

 unnecessary. 



Thus far this article stands, as it did in the 

 former editions of this work ; but more modern 

 experiments and observations have given birth to a 

 different system, which must also be noticed here. 

 The question of using yard-dung in a long or a 

 rotten state, is a very interesting one, that merits 

 both reflection and experimeut. It has been re- 

 marked by several very able and attentive agricuU 

 turists, that long fresh dung is preferable to that 

 which is short and rotten, from age or turning over. 

 The observations which have been made in various 

 parts of the kingdom, have attracted much atten- 

 tion, and the more so, as some chemical writers 

 have from their theory drawn the same conclusion. 

 The young farmer will act wisely to try both me- 

 thods carefully, in order that he may have a degree 

 of conviction which experiment alone can yield ; 



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