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fodder the cattle all winter ; but the oftenei' 

 the covering of ftubble is repeated the 

 better; the ftables, ox, cow, and hog^ 

 houfes, are all to be cleaned on to it ; and 

 if the men are fet now and then to fcatter 

 the heaps that accumulate againft thefe, it 

 will be fo much the better. 



After the winter, let the whole be turned 

 over and well mixed : there are then two 

 methods of ufmg it, either to cart it 

 diredlly on to the land, w^hich, in fome 

 foils and fyftems of management, may be 

 the beft w'ay ; or to cart it on to a heap for 

 further mixing, which, for many crops, is 

 the better way, and is indifpenfible for 

 grafs-land. 



If the latter method is purfued, let the 

 heap be made near the well into which the 

 fubtcrranes are laid, and with fuch an 

 extended furface and gentle afcent on the 

 ends, as to admit the w^ater-cart w^ith eafe. 

 The fucceeding fummcr, it fliould be turned 

 and mixed together, twice at leaft; andj 

 during the following winter, all the drain- 

 ings of the yard Ihould be carted on to it, 

 and the whole turned once more : it will then 

 be found to be a compoft of the moft rich and 



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