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quently, that it may become finely pulverised 
by being exposed to sun and air, which will 
sweeten it and extract all its noxious qualities ; 
and if youi* Compost is even completely rotten, 
and two years old, I particularly recommend you 
before you use it, to lay it thin as before-men- 
tioned for a week or ten days, raking it once 
a day, or oftener, as it is not worth while to 
run a risk of losing a single plant that is scarce 
and valuable, by not having the Compost per- 
fectly sweet ; for I have observed that mould, 
, if it is laid in a heap any time, will create an 
acidity which is prejudicial to plants in gene- 
ral, and which can be only removed by 
being spread thin, and turned frequently, before 
potting. 
Compost, No. 2. 
2 Barrowsful of goose dung steeped in 
bullock's blood, 
2 Ditto of sugar-baker’s scum, 
2 Ditto of night soil, 
2 Ditto of fine yellow loam. 
I have sometimes varied my receipt for the 
Compost, No. 2, and do assure the reader 
with very great success. I have got six or eight 
barrowsful of fine strong yellow loam, and 
