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up a field, and is applying the manure in an unfer- 

 mented and unctuous state ; the very act of sinning, 

 according to the particular theory of our chemist, 

 perhaps, who urges that manures should be applied 

 only after thorough fermentation. 



He approaches our ploughing farmer with a 

 " Good morning." 



" Mornin'," returns Nathan (who never wastes 

 words in compliment). 



" I see you use your manure unfermented." 



" Waal, I d'n'know guess it's about right ; smells 

 pooty good, doan't it ? " 



" Yes, but don't you lose something in the smell?" 



" Waal, d'n'know ; kinder hard to bottle much 

 of a smell, ain't it ? " 



"But why don't you compost it; pack up your 

 long manure with turf and muck, so that they will 

 absorb the ammonia ? " 



" The what ? (Gee, Bright ! )" 



" Ammonia ; precisely what makes the guano act 

 so quickly." 



" Arnmony, is it ? Waal, guanner has a pooty 

 good smell tew ; my opinion is, that manure ought to 

 have a pooty strong smell, or 'taint good for nuthin'." 



Scientific gentleman a little on the hip ; but re- 

 vives under the pungency of the manure. 



" But if you were to incorporate your long manure 



