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away, let the other, which has been added in the 

 course of the summer, be turned over on the place 

 of that removed, so as to make room for a separate 

 and fresh accumulation. 



All manner of weeds and refuse of the garden, 

 which are of the soft nature and easily decayed, 

 may be carried to the new heap, where they will 

 soon be covered and prevented from wasting away; 

 but all thick and hard stalks and roots, which can- 

 not in a short time be sufficiently decomposed, should 

 form a heap elsewhere; and to which additions may 

 be made from a thousand sources. This new com- 

 position should not resemble a work that is finished 

 and complete, having a beginning, a middle, and 

 an end, but should rather have only the middle en- 

 tire, without a finish at either extremity. From 

 the oldest part of the lengthened mound something 

 may at any time be removed for use, whilst new 

 materials continue to be deposited at the opposite 

 termination. When any garden rubbish is carried 

 thither, let it be always covered with a sprinkling 

 of earth, so as to prevent the evaporation of sap and 

 promote decomposition: and, for the supply of this 

 heap, let it be a great and fixed principle that every 

 thing is manure except stones, and let nothing be 

 burnt for the sake of clearing either garden or glebe. 



With great prodigality thousands of cart-loads 

 of valuable manure are annually burnt upon the 

 fields : the ashes amount to nothing the main 



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substance is dissipated in smoke, to the enriching 

 of the clouds and the damage of a poor soil. Quick- 



