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water ; if very dry, a dozen pots will be required. 

 Let it lay in this state a week, and then turn it, 

 shaking the outsides of the heap into the mid- 

 dle, and give it some more water. In doing this, 

 it is requisite that the heap should be well shook 

 to pieces, and trod down. Let it lay another 

 week, at the expiration of which, observe the same 

 directions as before given, applying the quantity 

 of water in proportion to the dry nature of the 

 dung. At the end of the third week, it will be 

 in a proper condition to make use of, as by that 

 time it will be sufficiently moist and hot, the 

 necessary state in which it should be, before the 

 formation of the bed. 



As much depends upon the nature of the 

 dung, and its proper condition, great attention 

 should be paid, and some judgment exercised in 

 the means best calculated to prepare it for a 

 state of fermentation. The most certain method 

 that can be adopted, and likely to ensure a bene- 

 ficial result is, in the summer months, to pack 

 the dung you intend to make use of for the 

 October seed-bed as close together as possible, 



