Art of Husbandry. U

To carry mt Dung and Muck. and spread it.

I N the latter end of dpril^ and the beginning ofMay, is the time for the Husbandman to carryout his Dung or Muck,and to lay it upon his Barley-ground. And where he hath Barley this year, lethim Sow it with Wheat or Rye, and the next timethat it is Fallowed, he shall mow all his Lands overat every second Fallow. Bat that Husbandmanthat can find the means to carry out his Dung, anddoth lay it upon his Land after it be once stirred, itis much better for him than to lay it upon his Fal-low, for divers causes: One is, that if it be laidupon his Fallow, all that falleth upon the hol-ow ridge, it shall do little good; for when it isridged again, it lieth so deep in the Earth, that itwill not be easily ploughed up again, excppt thatwhen he hath spread it, he will with a Shovel or aSpade cast out all that is fallen in the ridge. And ifit be laid upon the stirring, at every ploughing itshall meddle the Dung and the Earth together; thewhich shall cause the Corn to Grow and Increasemuch the better. In some places they load not theirDung till Harvest be done : This hath been a Cu-stome on the furthest side of Darby (hire , called Sca-refdde , H don fire , and so Northwards towardsYork, and Rippon , and that I call better than uponthe Fallow, and especially for Barley. But uponthe first stirring it is best for Wheat or Rye, and thatthe Husbandmans Dung be laid upon small heaps-nigh together, and to spread it even, and to leave noDung there as the Muck-heap stood; for the moist-ness of the Dung shall cause the Ground to be Rank

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