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iertilizing nature. — When the new year's 

 cleanings of the yards form another hill, the 

 old one is ready to be carried on to the land 

 then, or afterwards, as occafion requires. 

 Thus, I fuppofe, there is always one hill 

 by the pump ; confequently, no urine is 

 ever loft. 



If the former method is purfued, of 

 carting the compoft directly from the yards 

 into the fields, then the farmer fhould 

 always keep a large heap of marie, chalk, 

 virgin-earth, turf, &c. &c. by the well, on 

 purpofe for receiving its contents ; and by 

 frequent turning and mixing, it will become 

 an admirable manure. 



But having advifed marie, I fliould 

 remark, that a very ingenious gentleman 

 of my acquaintance, (who will recollect 

 the converfation, if he reads this palTage) 

 aflerts marie to be improper, from its qua- 

 lity of preventing putrefaction ; and founds 

 his opinion on a trial of one of his tenants, 

 who fpread a layer of marie over his farm- 

 yard, foddered for fome time upon it, and 

 then fpread another layer and finifhed the 

 winter^s foddering upon that. When he 



came 



