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vard-manure ; but in any caso, if it happens that a portion of 
the crop is in danj.'^or, it may often be saved by a moderate 
dressing. We may be sure that, without this auxiliary, agricul- 
ture would present many more chances of failure. 
For the ])otat(), farmyard-manure is ordinarily applied in 
winter, and the land watered, before planting, Avith 1450 gallons 
of Flemish m;uiure per acre. This last is often used alone on 
small occupations, either before or after planting, in the propor- 
tion of 1700 to 2700 gallons per aci'e. For this plant, as for 
beetroot, an excess of liquid-manure is injurious. We obtain 
bulbs of good quality, solid and succulent, when the night-soil 
has been applied in moderation before planting, in conjunction 
with farmyard-manure; and, on the other hand, if Flemish 
manure be used alone, and spread between the rows of potatoes 
when in full growth, both quantity and quality will be de- 
fective. 
As for rape, farmyard-manure is applied at first, and the crop 
is watered with a pro2)ortion of 1450 gallons of liquid manure 
per acre after planting, either in winter or spring. 
For flax, farmyard-manure is almost always used, with about 
1450 gallons of Flemish manure. It is advisable to spread this 
in winter, some time before sowing. 
Artificial grasses are watered freely with this manure. On 
the pastures of La Deule it is certain that, applied iu winter or 
spring, it destroys noxious plants, such as moss, docks, (Sec, and 
gives new vigour to the grass. 
Turnips, field-cabbages, poppies, gold-of-pleasure, &c., are all 
likewise manured with night-soil. Turnips generally follow 
flax ; when the latter has had no farmyard-manure, it is applied 
to the turnips, and they are watered besides with about 1450 
gallons of liquid manure per acre. This proportion may be- 
doubled if no farmyard-manure be used. They are sovvfn in 
July and August. Cabbages require much manure ; bpsides- 
supplies from the farmyard, they receive often from 2500 to 
3000 gallons of liquid manure per acre. Stable-manure and 
about 3000 gallons per acre of night-soil constitute the usual 
preparation for poppies. A good crop of corn may follow 
without any further application to the soil. Gold-of-pleasure is 
sown at the end of the month of May, after the land has been 
watered with about 1450 gallons of liquid manure per acre. 
In the use of Flemish manure the farmer must be guided by 
the state of the atmosphere. If in winter thp weather is wet, it 
is not desirable to cart over the land ; and the application of the 
manure must be put off to a dry season. There is no profession 
in which it is so impossible to act on a fixed plan as in agricul- 
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