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sprinkled over in Ihe spring, promotes its growth and 

 destroys weeds. Barn dung is much improved by salt- 

 ing stock li^'erally. Quaniity of salt, and qilalities of 

 the soil, make a diiference. Too much bunn ; too lit- 

 tle is ineffectual. The safest way is to begin by using 

 it sparingly, always ieavin-; a small portion of the same 

 land without salt, that a ju^^t comparison of its effects 

 may be made. 



Sen-water^ applied tc manures in small quantities is 

 found to possess powerful effocrs in promoting putrefac- 

 tion, and would probably prove highly beneficial to all 

 farmers near the sea side. A ton of water contains 

 from one to one and an half bushel of salt. Mr. Deane 

 makes mention of 100 hills of potatoes, which had two 

 quarts of sea-water applied to each, immediately after 

 planting; and he sa3^s that the product of these was 

 one-halt more than the same number of adjoining hills 

 produced. Most probablj'^, a quart to each hill would 

 have been better. He mentions also a piece of flax, of 

 which one side was short and yellow ; but, on its being 

 sprinkled with this water, it equalled the rest in about 

 ten daj^s, and eventually was the best. He found it 

 equally good for stiff and sandy grounds. 



Sca-wecih where used with judgment, never fails to 

 enrich coast lands, especially those that are light and 

 dry. It should be ploughed in while green ; if there is 

 much delay in this business, especially in hot weather, 

 much of its goodness is lost. If that cannot be accom- 

 plished, a portion of quick lime should be blended with 

 the henps, and a quantity of earth placed beneath, mix- 

 ed with, and covered over them ; in this way the quan- 

 tity of manure can be increased, and its elfects render- 

 ed more lasting. It is best calculated for barley, endu- 

 ring for two crops. 



Fish-iJianure ! — My corn should not grow at the ex- 

 pense of so much life. Swim on ye harmless tenants of 

 the deep; and sport at freedom in your native wave. 

 If I lived on the shores of ocean, your decomposing bo- 

 dies should not contaminate the air of my fragrant iields, 

 nor mar the happy rural scene. Nor wou!-! I manure 

 my soil with such phosphate of lime as some of the Bri- 

 tish farmers use, — bones transported from the baltlc-lield, 

 and ground in their sweet mills. 



