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Shell marl. The quantity of this manure is ſo ſmall in the county, and the quality ſo bad, that extremely little of it is uſed, when lime can be got at a moderate price.

Peat-earth 15 applied as a manure ſeveral ways. In the vicinity of peat-moſſes, the farmers as ſoon as their dung- Pits are empty, uſually lay a quantity of this ſubſtance in the bottom of theſe pits, in order to abſorb the moiſture of the dung. This peat-earth when turned forms a valuable addition to the mannre, eſpecially if laid upon ſtrong clayey land. In the neighbourhood of the moſſes alſo peat-earth is burned, and the aſhes ſpread on the ground, as a top- dreſſing. This method is pradiſed only by the poorelt far- INECLSs

IMPLEMENT7TS OF HUSBANDRT.

Plough.- Small's improved plougbh, with iron head and caſt iron mould-board, is almoſt univerſally uſed. But be- ing an expenſive implement(be price 6.2. 205.) tbe Poorer farmers prefer a coarſe plough, which 20 years ago was the only one uſed in the county, being the old Scotch Plough with a ſtraight beam, and a pz4&e ſock for ſtrong land, and a, feathered one for light. The uſual draught for Small's plough 1s a pair of horſes; unleſs when breaking up the land for ſummer fallow, when deep plowing, eſpecially in the Carſe, is much prattiſed. Thoſe who introduced the culture of turnips have imported the drill barrow, and the light plough for horſe-hoeing between the rows. The dou- ble mould-board plough for earthing up the rows 1s uſed in ſome places.

Harrows. The common harrow which is generally em- ployed, contains from 16 to 25 teeth or 7yzes. The moſt approved. kind has the. teeth formed like the coulter of 2

plough;