AGRICULTURE WITH CHEMISTRY. 24c 



ADDENDA. 



It has been neglc(5ted, under the article Peat and Peat 

 M'Kses, to state, that their waters are very injurious to 

 the healtii of cattle ; and that such bad etfcifls may be 

 preventc'a by colleding the rain water that may fall on 

 the roofs of the dwelling-house and offices, into tanks 

 properly construdited, and having no communication 

 with the soil. Should not the buildings be conveniently 

 placed for affording to the cattle a supply of water from 

 the tank, or should the extent of such roofs be insuffi- 

 cient to colleift the quantity of rain water that may be 

 required, sheds or hovels, covered with tile, should be 

 erefted in a central field, conveniently situated for secur- 

 ing to the cattle their daily supply. A farther benefit will 

 ensue by the shelter and protection that such sheds or 

 hovels will afford the cattle. This method of collecfting 

 rain water (and which is pradliscd in many countries) 

 may with great advantage be adopted in the upland, 

 chalky, or gravelly soils, or in the marshes near the sea 

 shore, where the springs either are at a great dei^th, or 



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