SECT. III.—MANURING. 
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Dr. Nash says, manure pays better put on green¬ 
sward than on tillage, but the land must first be drained 
and made sound. 
The farm yard dung is used on wheat fallow, or for 
turnips, or potatoes, or sometimes laid on grass land : 
where hops are grown, a good proportion of dung is 
sometimes laid upon the hop ground, which Dr. Nash 
thinks one objection to the culture of that plant; which 
objection may be, in some degree, removed by the use 
of lime, or a compost of soil and lime, w'ith one-third 
part dung, which is an excellent dressing for hop 
ground, and will answer the purpose better than the 
constant use of dung only; also, if the occupier were 
obliged to purchase elsewhere, all the dung used in his 
hop grounds, the objection respecting robbing the 
other part of the farm, would be entirely removed. 
In the north and north-east of the county, upon the 
gravelly and sandy soils, considerable quantities of lime 
are used for manure, brought from Dudley, and its 
neighbourhood, by the canals, or by land carriage; 
this lime has a good effect in binding the light blowing 
sands, and rendering them less liable to be acted upon 
by the wind; it is also found excellent in promoting 
the growth of grass seeds, if laid on with the crop, with, 
which such seeds are sown. 
Mr. Pomeroy has named horn shavings, leather 
shreds, ashes, soot, and offal salt, from the works at 
Droitwidr, as being likewise used ; also soil from ditches, 
and marl mixed into a compost by turning them to¬ 
gether ; he has further expatiated upon salt, and stated 
its being used as manure under the tax. 
Mr. 
