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into very small heaps, and arranged so that it may 

 cost as Httle trouble as possible, to mix it with the 

 soil as the trenching proceeds. 



MANURING. 



Another requisite in planting with a view to 

 speedy elFect, is to apply manure, and that in con- 

 siderable quantity. It may be either well rotted 

 farm-yard dung, free of long or fresh litter, or it 

 may consist of ashes, street-dung, &c. If ashes or 

 street-dung be used, at least one- third more in bulk 

 should be given than when farm-yard manure is ap- 

 plied. Sixty square yards of the latter per Scotch 

 acre should be given, even when the ground is pre- 

 viously in good heart, as, for instance, after a crop 

 of turnips or potatoes. If the land be in a poorer 

 condition, a due consideration should be made in 

 the quantity of manure. As to the manner of ap- 

 plying it, — spreading on the surface, and then dig- 

 ging or ploughing it in, as is customary in agricul- 

 ture, will not answer the purpose. It must be 

 thoroughly mixed and incoi-porated with the whole 

 soil, as deep as the trenching goes, in order that it 

 may have its fuU effect. Merely spread on the sur- 

 face, after the ground is trenched and dug in, it 



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