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"3. Equal parts of horse dung, cow dung, and 

 sheep's dung, with the addition of some rotten leaves or 

 old hotbed dung. 



"4. Horse dung one part, cow dung two parts, 

 sheep's dung one part. 



"5. Horse droppings from the roads one part, cow 

 dung two parts, mixed with a little loam. 



"6. Horse dung, cow dung, and loam, in equal 

 parts." 



From the above it appears that horse dung and cow 

 dung are the principals in spawn bricks; the loam is 

 added for the purpose of. making the other materials 

 hold together ; it also absorbs the ammonia, which other- 

 wise would pass off. 



J. Burton's Method. From Tlie Kitchen and Mar- 

 het Garden. — Make the spawn in early spring. As cow 

 manure is the principal ingredient used in making the 

 bricks tliis should be secured before the animals get any 

 green food. Store it on the floor of an open, dry, airy 

 shed, and turn it every few days for a week or two. 

 Then add an equal part of the following : Fresh horse 

 droppings, a little loam, and chopped straw, mixed to- 

 gether. "The whole should then be worked well 

 together and then trodvlen down, after which it may be 

 allowed to remain for a few days, when it will be required 

 to be turned two or three times a week. If the weather 

 be fine and dry the mass will soon be in a fit condition 

 for molding into bricks, which process can be performed 

 by using a mold in the same way as the brick makers, 

 or, . . . the manure may be spread evenly on the 

 Uoor to a thickness of six inches, and then be firmly 

 trodden and beaten down evenly with the back of the 

 spade. It should then be lined out to the required size 

 of the bricks, and be cut with a sharp spade or turfing 

 iron. In a few days the bricks will be sufficiently dry 

 to i^andle, when they should be set up edgeways to dry 



