SOILS, MANURES, &c. 235 
pally recommended to the cultivator of 
tender plants, as preferable to any other 
kind of manure for general ufe : it never- 
thelefs requires proper management to - 
bring it into a fit (late for application, 
and muft not be made ufe of before it 
has had fufficient time to pafs, in fome 
degree, through its various ftages of pu- 
trefa£lion, and till it has reaped the 
advantages arifing from a due expofure 
to the atmofphere. 
Neats-dung b is efleemed the beft ma¬ 
nure for hot, dry foils; it retains moifture 
longer, and in greater quantity, than 
other dungs, ferments and putrifies more 
{lowly, and is beft adapted to the nature 
of all fuch plants as are natives of a 
cold climate. The dung of hogs has 
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nearly the fame properties. 
Dung of cows, oxen, &e. 
The 
