in autumn or spring, broad-cast or in drills, (the latter 

 to be preferred,) but not in a wet soil, because it vege» 

 tates more slowly than Mheat, and might rot before 

 the time of its budding-, if not sown in dry ground. 



No. XVII. 



Dung well tVie stiff and stony soil, 

 Nor intei-mit your useful toil, 

 But still more let tlie barren mind 

 Assiduous care and culture find, 

 Believe the friendly Peel's strains 

 Both labours will repay your pains. 



The manures with which you are concerned are 

 dung, lime, white and blue nvirl, ashes, sea-weed and 

 sea-sand. I shall abridge, correct and simplify for 

 you all that the best farming books, communicate 

 about these manures. 



Dung is the chief of all manures, because a large 

 quantity of it may be collected in every fanm, and 

 because it makes the quickest return. The dung of 

 animals that chew the cud being more thoroughly pu- 

 trefied than that of others, may be at once mixed with 

 the soil, without being collected into a dunghill. A 

 horse does not chew the cud, and in horse dung may 

 be seen hay, straw, and oats, broken into small parts, 

 but not dissolved; it is therefore proper to mix it in 

 a dunghill Avith clay, or any other cool substance, that 

 it may completely putrefy. If left in a heap by itself 

 (even for a few days) at a sta})le door, it will singe, 

 being so hot in its nature. The difference lietween 

 the dung of a horse and that of a horned animal or 

 sheep, is visilde in a pasture field ; fhe grass round 

 the former is withered — round the latter it is ranker 



