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On a Variety of Italian Rye-Grass. 



covered as often as you please, and swept out with a 

 broom. There is no under-drain to get stopped; all can be 

 seen and kept in order by a commonly useful person without 

 the aid of what is called a tradesman. I should like to see 

 three of these little gutters down a stall, whereby all the urine 

 would be caught; 3 gallons per day from each moderately sized 

 horse, more from cart-horses that drink freely, considerably more 

 from cows, and a much larger quantity from pigs than is usually 

 calculated. If all the water is caught from farm-horses, cows, 

 pigs, farm-servants, household servants, the tanks vv^ould be filled 

 very quickly; and whenever the tank containing 1 000 gallons of 

 urine is filled the second time and properly applied to Italian 

 rye-grass, the result will show it is not too high an estimate to 

 calculate the tank and drains paid for. The first application 

 will convince the grower of 10 acres of this grass that his 

 present stock is insufficient to eat it. He must add to it, and 

 thereby increase the quantity of urine considerably, and so go on 

 to keep a much larger farming stock altogether. The often-asked 

 question, How shall I obtain urine enough ?" will cease to be 

 asked, and the amount of solid faeces so much increased as to 

 obviate the necessity for a constant outlay of capital to procure it. 



I have the honour to subscribe myself, 



My Lord, 

 Your Lordship's very humble Servant, 



Wm. Dickinson. 



7j Curzon-street, May Fah\ London, 



END OF VOL. VIII. 



London: PfinteJ hy William Clo\V£s and So.vs, Stamford Street, 



