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vicinity of the farm-yard, arc frequently filled with 

 haulm, or inferior straw. The jnitrefadion of it is 

 promoted by being trodden, and by receiving the urine 

 of passing cattle, which would be much facilitated, were 

 "the place la which it is deposited overshaded with trees, 

 and sheltered from the too great adlion of ^^ind and 

 rain. 



In Scotland, a preference is generally given to a slop- 

 ing bank or rising ground for the situation of farm- 

 houses and offices; and, as there are l>Lit few instances, 

 unless of a recent date, where an inclosed farm-yard is 

 to be met with, the urine from the stables and cow- 

 houses, as well as the juices from the dung heap, run 

 off, or are washed away by the rains, and turn to no good 

 account. 



The want oJF proper farm-yards and convcnicncies is 

 but one of the reasons Avhy a less quantity of dung is 

 made by the farmers in Scotland than by those of Eng- 

 land. The principal one is, that as the greater part of 

 Sco^Vi.nd is better adapted to the breeding of cattle than 

 to the production of grain, the whole of the straw pro- 



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