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ON THE MANAGEMENT 
trees, and faw duft, reduced to a fine mould, provided it be 
not from wood of a refinous kind, are, in part, of a fimilar na- 
ture with vegetable mould from decayed leaves, but are neither 
fo rich nor powerful, becaufe the vegetable mould receives a 
power by its fermentation, as I have obferved in the fedtion on 
the ufe of oak leaves. 
It is very probable that there are various other kinds of ma- 
nure, that may be introduced into a compofl fuitable for the 
Vine, with as much effedl as the former; as blood, the offal of 
animals, or fhambles manure, horn fhavings, old rags, hair, 
fhavings of leather, and bone duft. This lafi: is exceedingly 
proper, as at the fame time that it gives a lightnefs to the foil, 
it contributes to its fertility. I may alfo add to the former, 
the dung of deer and flieep, as likewife human ordure. But 
pleafe to obferv«, that many, if not all, of the above recited 
manures, will require time to meliorate, before they can be 
introduced and incorporated with the other parts of the com- 
poft ; wherefore being colledted, and mixed with garden 
mould, they may be thrown up In an heap, in any convenient 
place of your garden. A winter’s expofure, with frequent 
turning over during that period, especially in frofty weather, 
ferves wonderfully to meliorate and haflen their diflblution. 
The influence of a Summer’s fun will not be lefs bene- 
ficial, by exhaling their crude particles, and, by Sweeten- 
ing the parts, preparing them the more immediately for ve- 
getation. Having recommended fo large a proportion of 
the 
