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253 Roxburghshire Report, p. 142. 



254 Young's Essay on Manures, p. 182. In Herefordshire, the pulp of 

 pears and apples, after the liquor is extracted from them, mixed with quick- 

 lime, and turned over two or three times the succeeding summer, is converted 

 into a good manure. Report, p. 88. 



255 Curwen's Report, p. 66. 



256 Hints on the Agricultural State of the Netherlands, p. 12. 



257 Sir Humphry Davy's Lectures, p. 247. 



258 In the Appendix, some interesting experiments on this subject will be 

 detailed, from the Communications of Edward Burroughs, Esq. 



259 Lincolnshire Report, p. 265. Perhaps vetches, rape, or clover, would 

 have answered better than buck-wheat. 



260 The practice of ploughing in, is strongly objected to by Lord Kames. 

 Gentleman Farmer, p. 358. 



261 Young's Essay on Manures, p. 176. 



262 Hints on the Agricultural State of the Netherlands, p. 54. These 

 ashes, when analyzed, are said to yield 12J per cent, of gypsum, which suf- 

 ficiently accounts for producing such effects on the clover crops. 



263 In the publications of the Highland Society, an account of several suc- 

 cessful experiments will be found, but not so decisive as could be wished. 



264 Communication from J. Attersoll, Esq. 



265 Communications to the Board of Agriculture, vol. iv. p. 370. In large 

 quantities, soot and salt are of so acrid a nature, that no species of grain will 

 grow within the sphere of the full exertion of their powers. Remark by the 

 Rev. Robert Hoblyn. 



266 Mr Middleton is of opinion, that this compost would occasion unneces- 

 sary expense, and recommends the following plan as preferable : sow the soot 

 upon the land, and harrow it in ; there it will have a sufficient quantity of 

 earth ; and some time afterwards, lime the same soil, and harrow that in. The 

 effect will be the same, as would be produced by the proposed compost, and 

 the benefit would be obtained at much less expense. 



267 General Report of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 543. The truth is, that any ad- 

 dition to soot, and making it into compost, can only be, for the purpose of more 

 certain distribution, and to prevent waste by blowing. To save that expense, 

 soot may be sown unmixed, in rainy weather, over the crop when young. 



268 Renfrewshire Report, p. 135. 



269 Mr Curwen, of Workington-hall, manures 20 acres per annum, with this 

 neglected rubbish. 



270 Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 414. 



271 A considerable extent of waste land was improved by Mr Bruce of 

 Grange-muir, in Fife, North Britain, by a compound of moss and lime, which 

 merits particular notice. He mixed 1 200 tons of peat earth, more than half 

 dry, with 280 tons of lime. The mixture stood seven weeks. The temperature 

 rose from 56 to 87. It was then turned over, and stood three weeks longer. 

 It was applied, anno 1808, to 32 Scotch (about 38 English) acres. The first 

 crop was wheat, ten Lothian bolls, or 32 Winchester bushels per Scotch acre. 

 Rye-grass and clover, sown with the wheat, produced a heavy crop, followed 

 by an excellent crop of oats. The land has ever since been in good order. 

 The soil was partly clayey, and partly loamy, Was never before cultivated. It 

 A\ r as fast fallowed, drained, and cleared of stones. The compost was applied 

 before the last ploughing for wheat. 



272 Young's Calendar, p. 97. A rich compost may be thus made : mix 

 saw-dust with bullock's blood ; add two waggon- loads of this mixture, to three 

 waggon-loads of common mould or earth. This will be quite sufficient for an 

 acre of wheat, applied as a top-dressing. 



273 Peat-bogs are confined to narrow districts in Italy, and were long con- 

 sidered as useless wastes. But ia 1765, Count Fabio Asquini of Fayagna, in 



