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ter than in any other way, insomuch, that if a fair compa- 

 rative experiment were made, he would bet on long dung 

 against short. 



Air. E. Scott, at Grimstone, has carted out long; 

 muck from Christmas to Lady-day, and ploughed it ia 

 for turnips, and had none better : nor did he see any dif- 

 ference in the barley, but believes that it does not last 

 quite so long as short. 



** Muck from the straw which is trodden only. Is, by 

 some, thought to be better than that from the straw which 

 is eaten by lean stock." A capital farmer much in favour 

 of fatting pigs loose in a littered yard : " What a rare 

 parcel of muck they make, compared witli what neat 

 beasts would have made from the same straw !'* — Mar- 

 shall. 



Observations. — Many of the preceding remarks are ex- 

 tremely interesting. The negative of so many able and 

 intelligent men against suffering any straw to be eaten, 

 wliich is the common pradlice of the larger part of the 

 kingdom, deserves much attention : and the consequent 

 pradlce they are in of buying oil-cake, often to loss, 

 tliat their straw may be trodden into dung by fatting 

 beasts, is a perfcdtion of management not often met 

 with. 



In regard to the question of long and short dung, opi- 

 nions are evidently much divided ; and though, in the com- 

 mon method of the county, short dung is preferred, here 

 is enough said upon the merit of that which is used in a 

 long state, to prove that the inquiry deserves more atten- 

 tion than it has met with. Mr. Denton's experiment 

 is remarkable, and the observations, founded on praiSlice, 

 of Messrs. Bradfield, Brown, Syble, Francis, 

 Dyble, Repton, Johnson, and Scott, are all mucli 



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