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nure. Though we call all drefTing by the name 

 of manure, we know there are various kinds, 

 the choice of which for particular lands and 

 purpofes fhews the (kill of the hufbandman. 

 Bones, dung> chalk, lime, nnarl, clay, fand, 

 bark, weeds, afhes, rotten-wood, faw-duil, 

 Ihells, kelp or fea-weed, woolen rags, and an 

 infinite number of other things, are excellent 

 manure when ufed with judgment 5 but will 

 prove as detrimental to one fort of foil as they 

 may be beneficial when properly applied to 

 another. 



Bones are good ingredients in compofls. 

 They are frequently made up with coal-afhes, 

 or more properly cinders, which in my opinion 

 is highly improper. Bones are naturally dry, 

 ^except when broken very green, foon after the 

 death of the animal they made a part of; in 

 which cafe the moifture of the marrov/ is left 

 to caufe a fermentation for a fliort time : but 

 thofe which have undergone a long boiling to 

 extradl every particle of oil, differ confiderably 

 in richnefs from the green and juicy. There- 

 fore, inftead of adding fo powerful a drier aa 

 coal-afhes or cinders, which mud counteract 



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