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DUNGS are defign'd to repair 

 the Decays of exhaufted or worn- 

 out Lands, and to cure the De- 

 feds of Land, which are as various 

 in their Qualities as the Dungs are 

 that are us'd to meliorate and re- 

 Hore them : Some Lands abound 

 too much in Coldnefs, Moifture 

 and Heavinefs j others again are too 

 light and dry : And fo to anfwer 

 this, fome Dungs are hot and light, 

 as that of Sheep, Horfcs, Pigeons, 

 C^r. Others again are fat and cool- 

 ing, as that of Oxen, Cows, Hogs, 



And as the Remedies that are to 

 be us'd muft be contrary to the 

 Diftempcrs they are to cure, fo the 

 Dung of Oxen, Cows and Hogs, 

 muft be given to clean dry, light 

 Earths, to make them fatter and 

 clofcrj and hot and dry Duyigs to 

 meliorate cold, moift and heavy 

 Lands. 



There are two peculiar Proper- 

 ties in Dungs, the one is to pro- 

 duce a certain fenfible Heat, capa- 

 ble of" producing fome conlider- 

 able EfiFed: j which Properties are 

 feldom found but in the Dungs of 

 Horfes and Mules, while it is njwiy 

 made and a little moift : The other 

 Property o^ Dung is, to fatten the 

 Earth, and render it more fruit- 

 ful. 



The Dung of Horfes and Mules 

 is of admirable Ufe in Gardens m 

 the Winter-time, becaufe it then 

 animates and enlivens all Things, 

 and fupplies the Office which is 

 performed by the Heat of the Sun 

 in the Summer-time, affording us 

 all the Novelties of the Spring j as 

 Afparagus, Cucumbers, Kadifljes, 

 Melons, SdUds, Sec. Horfe-Dung 

 is the beft Improvement for cold, 

 jejune Lands that we can procure 

 in any Quantity, but yet, Horfe- 

 Dung being us'd alone, or when 



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'tis too nevv, is frequently prejudi- 

 cial to fome Lands j and if it be 

 fpread thin over Lands in the 

 Summer-time, it is of very little 

 Service, becaufe the Sun drawing 

 out all the Virtue and GoodneS 

 of it, renders it little better than 

 Thatch or dry Straw: and tho' too 

 much of it can fcarcely be us'd in 

 a Kitchen-Garden for Cabbages^ 

 Collifiorpers, and all other Plants 

 that grow there, and require abun- 

 dance of Nourilhment, yet it may 

 be a Fault to lay too much of it 

 on Corn- Lands, becaufe it produces 

 abundance of Weeds. 



Horfe-Du7ig being of a very hot 

 Nature, is beft tor cold Lands and 

 Cow-Dung for hot Lands: and be- 

 ing mix'd together, may make a 

 very good Manure for moft Sorts 

 of Soils, and for fome they may 

 be mix'd with Mud. 



Sheep's-Dung and Deer's-Dung 

 differ not much in their Quality, 

 and are efteem'd by ibme the beft 

 of Dungs for cold Clays : Some 

 recommend them to be beat into 

 Powder, and fpread very thin over 

 Autumn or Spring Crops, about 

 four or five Loads to an Acre, af- 

 ter the fame Manner as Afhes, Malt- 

 duft, ^c. are ftrew'd. 



In Flanders, and other Places, 

 they houfe their Sheep at Night in 

 Places fpread with clean Sand, laid 

 about five or fix Inches thick ; 

 which being laid on frefh every 

 Night, is clear'd out once a Week, 

 and the Dung and Urine of the 

 Sheep is a very rich Manure, and 

 bears a confiderable Price, and is 

 an excellent Manure for fhibborn 

 Lands 5 and Mr. ^uinteney is of 

 Opinion, that 'tis the greateft Pro- 

 moter of Fruitfulnefs in all Sorts of 

 Ground. 



Others recommend Hog's-Dung 



as the fatteft and moft beneficial of 



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