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A IR supplies vegetables withfood, 31. Is absorbed by theleaves of plants, 79.
Animals, the flesh of,makes goodmanure, 60. Grameniverous,improve land by their breath, 39.
Artichokes, the growth of, pro-moted by sheep-dung, 67.
Ashes, vegetable, the quantity to
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Of wood, recommended for pa-sture grounds, 62. Used in Li-vonia, Sweden, Finland , and someparts of Rufsia, for corn lands, ib.B
Bayley, Mr. his mode of drainingland recommended, 42.
Blood, recommended for fruit-treesand corn, 60. Mixed with saw-dust,-makes a good top-drefsing,ib.
Bo nes, reduced to powder, makegood manure, 6.
Buffon, Mons. his description ofthe different strata of earth atMarly-la-Ville, 3.
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Cattle, the dung of, examined,17.
Chalk, description of, 8.
Cherry-trees, how to preparethe ground for them, 66.
Clay, the different kinds of, 7.How to lay upon land, 34.
Clay-land, how to improve, 38.
Climate,, and not soil, makes thevariety of plants, 22.
Compost,, a rich one, consisting ofanimal and vegetable substances,60. A liquid one, how to make,57 and 74. A rich one, com-pounded of animal offal and horsedung, 60.
Corn, decayed, a good manure, 65.
Cow-d uMfi, examination of, 17.
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Deers-d ung, examination of, 17.
Draining, a mode of, inventedby Mr. Bayley, 41.
Drill-husbandry, a defcriptionof, 29.
Dung of horses produces weeds,58. Of afses,recommended,ib. Ofcattle, preferred to others, ib. Ofpigeons, good for fruit-trees, andto keep out frosts from the casesof tender plants, ib. Of sheep,recommended for cold lands, ib.Of swine, good for fruit-trees, ib.
Dust of highways makes a goodcompoft for the roots of trees, 65.Recommended for grafs grounds,and as a top-drefsing for wheat, ib.
Earth , its kinds, enumerated, 2 .and 9. The different ftrata of, atAmsterdam and Marly-la-Ville, 3.
Earth , Virgin, a description of, 4.A definition of, 8. Beautifully de-