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MANURING. 
mix soil with it ; we use no lime, it lies too far distant, 
— Mr. Darke , Bred on. 
Mr. Carpenter recommendsto fold a large flock of sheep 
every night in the straw yard ; in this ease, there should 
be two fold yards, or one divided in the middle, that 
the cattle may not injure the sheep ; the sheep must 
be penned every other night in the yard, the cattle are 
foddered in the preceding day, and the cribs emptied, 
and the contents spread about for the sheep, who will 
have the advantage of picking amongst the straw, and 
laying warm and comfortable, and the manure will be 
improved: in very severe weather, a little hay should 
be given the sheep in the cribs and racks. 
Mr. C. says, all muck in a raw state, should be turn¬ 
ed over to ferment before it be carried on the land ; 
and further, in farms where the roads are bad, and ma¬ 
nure scarce, it would be an advantage to feed a num¬ 
ber of pigs to eat all the beans, pease, and refuse grain 
of the farm; and should the pigs, when fat, only barely 
pay for the food which they consume, great advantage 
would arise from the addition of manure they make. 
Pigeon and fowls dung should be preserved in a dry 
state, and sown as a top dressing on any land you think 
proper; soot is also an excellent top dressing either 
for grain or grass, especially on cool land. Mr. Knight 
has found it equally beneficial on light land. 
The mud of pools, ponds, and pits, is very service¬ 
able to all kinds of land, and is improved by mixing 
with lime ; horn shavings, malt dust, and woollen rags, 
are also recommended as manure. 
Wood, turf, and peat ashes, contain rich and fertile 
salts, and soap boilers’ ashes, are very enriching to land, 
but can seldom be procured in any great quantity; 
ashes kept in a dry state, previous to being spread on 
landj 
