80 FALLOWING. 



more particularly should be applied to hoeing crops, or 

 to grass land. Upon this system the dung which is 

 made in the depth of* winter may be spread in May, for 

 corn and potatoes ; the next made, and what is not want- 

 ed for corn and potatoes, niay be taken out, in June, for 

 ruta-baga, cabbages, &c. The best time for manuring 

 grass (in England) is immediately after hay is cleared 

 irom the tield. 1o conclude — He who is within the 

 sphere of the scent of a dunghill, smells that which his 

 crop would have consumed, if he would have permit- 

 ted it. Instead of manuring his land, he manures the 

 atmosphere ; and before his dunghill is finished turning, 

 he has manured perhaps another town ! 



If every kind of putrid substance that could be col- 

 lected in the spring of the year, was properly applied 

 as manure, this dead ' matter would be springing into 

 life ; and those farmers who would do it would be doubly 

 paid for their labour in enriching their lands, and caus- 

 ing them to produce abundance, and in being able to 

 breathe a pure air, ^vhich is too often poisoned by the 

 noxious effluvia which are rising from barn-yards and 

 putrid substances around buildings, and which no doubt 

 frequently produce fevers and other diseases during the 

 /Glimmer and fall season. 



Having thus briefly described some of the most im- 

 portant circumstances connected with the collecting, 

 preserving, and application of manures, we shall con- 

 clude this branch of our subject with Mr. Close''s very 

 valuable table for manuring land, which will enable the 

 farmer at one inspection to calculate, with accuracy, the 

 number of loads which it will be necessary to employ 

 in manuring a field per acre ; at the distance therein 

 specified. 



Number of loads per acre. 

 Kumher of heaps to a load^ 1 |2|3|4|5|6j7l8 



At 5 yards distance, 193 06 64 48 33 32 27 24 



At 5 1-2 yards distance, 160 8U 53 40 32 26 23 20 



At 6 yards distance, 134 67 44 33 2G 22 19 16 



At 6 "l-^ vards distance, 114 57 38 28 22 19 16 14 



At 7 yards distance, 98 49 32 24 19 16 14 12 



At 7 1-2 yar.ls distance, 86 43 28 21 17 14 12 10 



At 8 yards distance, 75 37 25 18 15 12 10 9 



