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time upwards of one hundred pigs were, and 

 continued feeding during the whole of the fum- 

 mer, which was remarkably dry. The couch 

 was of courfe much turned over by the rooting 

 of the pigs. During the courfe of the winter 

 •it v/as covered with horfe-dung, cow-dung, and 

 a variety of matters by the different (lock turn- 

 ed in, and by manure carried from the ftables 

 and cow-houfes; and it remained in the fold- 

 yard eleven months, and was afterwards ufed 

 on the land fet with potatoes. A fmall quantity 

 of the couch, notwithdanding. fprouted amongd 

 the potatoes. 



Another very good mode of making manure 

 (of which fome experiments have been tried 

 under my direction) is, by driving Iheep out of 

 the fold where they have been folded, to eat 

 turnips in the day, and putting them at night 

 into a itraw-fold, made purpofely for fheep. 

 This no: only anfv/ers the purpofe of making 

 manure, but alfo caufes the fheep to feed quick- 

 er and confume lefs turnip; for when fheep 

 leave turnips, they will eat ftraw by way of 

 variety — as a well-fed citizen will devour a de- 

 cent quantity of pudding after a few pounds 

 of beef. Sheep lying in the fold littered with 

 itr.iw, find thcmfelves much more comfortable 



than 



