236 SOILS, MANURES, &c. 
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The dung of pigeons and other fowls, 
as alfo that of horfes, (beep, and deer, 
&c. is moll eligible for cold wet foils, 
and for the culture of fuch plants as are 
natives of a warm climate; thefe go 
through the different ftages of putrefac¬ 
tion- much fooner than the former, and 
neither retain moillure fo long, or in fo 
great degree as the firft-mentioned. 
In order to reduce frefh cow-dung to a 
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proper confiftence for the cultivation of 
delicate plants, it fhould be laid in a 
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heap, not more than fifteen inches thick, 
in a fituation neither low nor elevated, 
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and be entirely expofed to the influence 
of the atmofphere: it fhould be turned 
over and well worked, once in two months, 
that it may derive every poffible benefit 
from the . dlion of the fun and air. 
To prevent the lofs of any part of its 
enriching qualities, it is advifable to place 
it 
