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common farm-yard dung, 12 loads an acre of the 

 former much exceeded 24 of the latter. 



Mr Arbuthnot. One hundred and thirty-four 

 sheep and thirty lambs, penned six weeks in a stand- 

 ing fold, and littered with five loads and 40 truss 

 of straw, made 28 large loads of dung. Fed morn- 

 ing and evening in the fold with turnips. Ate two 

 acres of turnips. 



Value, dung, .10 O 



Straw, at 20s 5 15 



Profit, ...... .4 5 O 



Per acre for turnips, .................. . 2 2 6 



And per score per week, .............. . O l Qj 



William White. Thirty-six cows and four horses 

 tied up, ate 50 tons of hay, and had 20 acres ot 

 straw for litter: they made 200 loads of dung, in 

 rotten order for the land. 



The experiments of Mr. Moody and Mr. Arbuth- 

 not, prove how well it answers to buy litter with a 

 view to the dung: in feeding oxen with oil-cake, one 

 load of straw makes seven of dung, each one ton 

 and a half; and with feeding sheep with turnips, 

 one trussed load made more than four and a half 

 large loads, worth 7s. 6d. each. With Mr. White, 

 20 acres of straw, suppose 30 loads, made 20O of 

 rotten dung in littering cows, which are six and a 

 half for one: whence it appears, that litter may 

 ^afely be purchased at a very high price, rather than 

 be without it. An argument which should be con- 



p r 2 vincing 



