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ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. 
hill, the drill, ploughing under, and top-dressmg. This 
last is the only one that can be applied to meadows. 
105. Manure should be spread upon the land as soon as 
possible after it is drawn out; when left in piles upon the 
field, if a rain should come, the strength of the manure is 
washed out, and the crops would lodge in the spots occu¬ 
pied by the heaps of manure, and receive little benefit in 
other places. 
106. Liquid manures are applied by means of a hogs¬ 
head on wheels, similar to those used in watering the 
streets of cities; and are generally used on mowing- 
grounds. 
QUESTIONS, 
1. Is there any great distinction made in general farming between the 
different manures 1 
2. On what, in general, does the value of manure depend ? 
3. How may the different kinds of manure be divided ? 
4. What are the peculiarities of horse-manure ? 
5. What is peculiar in sheep-manure ? 
6. What in that of cattle 1 
7. What in that of hogs and poultry ‘ 
8. Ought manure to be hauled out fresh, or decomposed 'i 
9. Ought the manure to lie in heaps for a long time, in the field, before 
being spread ? 
10. How is liquid manure carried out ? 
11. On what is it generally used ? 
LESSON XVI. 
FOLDING SHEEP—ANIMALIZED MANURES. 
107. The folding of sheep, though not much practised 
with us, is very general in some countries, and is attended 
with many advantages. The system is best adapted to 
lignt, san 1 y lends, and to pdaces of difficult access to the 
manure-carts. 
