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not informed, but the manure went down scream. 

 Agriculturally considered, this was just about as 

 wise as the management of some modern pig-pens. 



319. I have often seen these important structures 

 built with their roofs facing the south ; the manure 

 thrown out the south side ; the eaves washing it in 

 rainy days, and the sun scorching it in fair weather ; 

 till, between washing, and fermentation, and burning, 

 there was little left. Others are so located, that rills, 

 if not rivers, run into them, not enough perhaps to 

 cleanse them, after the model of the aforesaid " Her- 

 culean labor," but enough to sweep away nearly all of 

 their soluble salts. Owing to bad management, pig- 

 manure has come into bad reputation, but it is good, 

 nevertheless, if rightly managed. 



820. The pig-pen should be so constructed that the 

 eaves will be turned away from the manure. The 

 ground should be in such shape that no water, except 

 what falls directly from the heavens, can find ingress, 

 and none find egress but by evaporation. There 

 should be an outside enclosure, where the animals can 

 be as filthy as their swinish nature prompts ; and an 

 inside apartment, where they can be as dry and warm 

 as they please. If the first is not allowed them, they 

 may not pay for their keeping in summer ; if the last 

 is not furnished, they certainly will not pay for their 

 winter's food. JYo animal can grow or fatten zvhen suf- 

 fering with the cold. It takes all his food to keep him 

 from freezing. 



