OIL. 
a a beige igs It is in all refpeé&ts inferior to 
here that can be gue died kin 
the e time that 
api pores oe the earth. 
to experience our unerrin aperis 
it has not fufficiently undergone the putrid ferment, 6 at- 
tenuate the oily particles. ‘The ufe of rape-duft, foot, horn 
avings, and woollen rags, takes off that objection, and at 
the fame time confirms the theory upon which the above 
oud, and endeavours, as it 
were, to bring old chaos back » aan into the world. If, 
however, he fhould prefume to inftru@t the farmer in the 
management of the compoft, he would recommend it to be 
fown immediately after the grain, and both harrowed in 
toge 
"Phe f following experiment is ftated, which, though trifling 
in its own nature, gave him the firft encouragement to pro- 
fecute the fubje&t upon a larger fcale. He took four pots, 
- te 4 
ak el 12lb. of barren fand, with 1 oz. of the 
fad sleep 
0. 2. contained t2lb. of fand without any mixture. 
; «No. 3. contained 1alb. of fand, with 3 0z. of flaked 
ime. 
** No. 4. contained talb. of fand, with 40z. of the fand 
oil-compott.”” 
But after one month’s growth, 
he remarked that No.1. was the beft; No. 2. the next; No. 3. 
the next; No. 4. much the worft. And in Auguft he made 
the following obfervations: No. t. had five {mall ears, which 
contained a few poor grains. No. 2. had three {mall ears 
ae a few if a much inferior in goodnefs to the 
former o. 3. had no ears. Only he obferved two very 
of vegetable tek never made their appearance. No. 4 
- no ears; the ftalks appeared ftunted in their growth. 
e then removed oi plants from their pots, and took 
a oad of the roots o 
0.1. e roots eb large, and well {pread. 
«© No. 2. The roots not fo large. 
** No. 3. The roots very rege d {mall. 
“No. 4. The roots much the ree with the appear- 
ance of ‘being rickett 
Upon this experiment it 18 ingached, 
«3. That the oil-compoft may be confider vepe- 
table food ; butts ot, io ufed too ‘iberaliy: the alkaline 
of tion. 
falt will burn uP the roots = the plant, and areal pea ioe 
Fer w reafon he would recommend t mpoft 
to be expoled ; the qitidences of the air for fome ee 
before it is laid on, 2. t lime sao no statin Tt 
food, and. is, in its own nature, It 
ft oams 
and g s have nourifhment within shemnleloce and 
fiand more in need of the plough than the dung-hil 
it is noticed, that it is obferved by farmers, that rape-duft 
feldom — with {pring-corn, unlefs plentiful rains fall 
few weeks after fowing. 
it 
plentifully reftores particles of the oily kind, fimilar to 
thofe that are resis off, has a fair appearance of proving 
an excellent reftora 
The he owing ern in i aa 2 the utility of 
this fort of manure are ftated. In the month of June he 
& 
d tb a crop for many years. 
He diftin nguihed his eel lands by Nos. 3, 2, 3) 4. 
as manured with rotten dung. 
No. 2. . with oil-compott. 
No. 3. with lim 
No. 4. was left without any dreffing. 
On the 20th of June they were all fown with turnip-feed, 
broadcaft, and during the courfe of the feafon were twice 
hoed. 
«‘ In November he viewed the field, and made the follow- 
4—better than N° 
“¢ Here he fuppofes the oil-compoft appears in a favour- 
able light; but other trials, made with equal accuracy, feem 
rather to prove that it is not proper for turnips, barley, or 
sae growing vegetables. It requires being meliorated by 
e action of the atmofphere, and therefore is better adapted 
. winter crops. 
o the roots of plants in its native form: but w ecom- 
pofed by the mixture of frefh dung, biel is convinced that it 
then becomes the true pabulum of plant 
It is fuppofed that « ies te land bxppens to be ftiffer 
than is required for ete it may be good hufbandry ta 
lay upon it a large qua of lime to open its body for the 
fiee admiffion of the re of the turdip. The lands will 
3A 2 alfo 
