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Dead Animals. When animals die, it is nsual to let 

 them lie above ground ; and some farmers hang dead 

 lambs, cats, dogs, &.c. in the forks of trees, or throw 

 them on hovels or stumps at some elevation from the 

 ground, to the annoyance of the public! By covering 

 dead animals, says Mr. Davy^ with five or six times their 

 bulk of soil, mixed with one part of lime, and suffering 

 them to remain for a few months, their decomposition 

 would enrich the soil, so as to render it an excellent 

 manure ; and by mixing a little fresh quick lime with it, 

 at the time of its removal, the disagreeable effluvia will 

 be in a great measure destroyed ; and it might be em- 

 ployed in the same way as any other manure to crops. 

 Or without lime, if left a suitable time they can be re- 

 moved without difficulty. 



Scrapings of streets^ a good manure for all soils, but 

 particularly for stubborn clays. 



Leaves. It is said that the mould and fallen leaves 

 from the woods, are good tor potatoes, as a substitute 

 for other manure. This may be worth the attention of 

 those who are deficient in other manure. 



Brick and lime rubbish., is very good for cold plough 

 lands. 



Apple pummice., may be converted into a manure. 

 Good earth with a little dung should be mixed with it 

 before it is applied to the soif. 



Tanners'' bark., is sometimes mixed with lime, but will 

 do best made into a compost with dung. It is a good 

 manure for cold, stifl' lands. On grass lands it should al- 

 ways be spread in the fall. It will revive orchards. 



Saw-dust, when rotten, is useful for strong lands ; a 

 little wet decays it, and the eflect is more speedy than 

 tanner's bark, but not so lasting. 



Composts., furnish a supply of manure when a suffi- 

 ciency of animal dung cannot be obtained. 



When manure is not made by hogs kept in the pen 

 during the summer, the compost heap should be particu- 

 larly attended to. The following, extracted from the 

 Plough Boy., is a very easy and economical method of 

 making a compost heap. Let every farmer mark out a 

 !«pot, from six to thirty feet square, according to the 

 size of his farm ; this spot should be dug down two or 

 three feet and the earth formed in a bank around it ; a 



