74 On the Use of Hay Tea,[Feb-

Manures are the life and soul of agriculture; and animal manunres are the first in proof and quality. Lands manured with animal dung, will yield a greater produce than lands not s0 manured. The crops of the one, generally Speaking, will be nearly double, and, in wany instances, more s0. For, “ Jet it not escape the memory of any one concerned in ma- vuring land, that lime, ashes, burning, and all forcing ar= ticles, or methods, by warming, looSenmg, and intimately dividing the partictes of the Soil, Stimulate to its utmost exer- tions 3; which, if continued, without the support of the most zubstantial animal manures, and earths, must end in. total exhaustion and barrenness."**It is certain, then, that ani- mal manures must form the chief basis of Support and im- provement,

The first mode, therefore, of enlarging the means of gyb- aiStence, 15,“ To zmcrease thie quantity of anzmal Manure= which can only be effected by“ maltiplying the live Stock of the kingdom."

How this desirable end is to be attained, is our next con- zideration. And herein lies my discovery. 1 still call it a discovery, although 1 bave lately been informed a gentle-- man of great agricultural knowledge has tried it, because to me that circumstance was unknown.

It consists in enabling the nation,“ To rear und Support 81ny number of Swine, throughout th: year, and at the low rate of one penny a-head per day." And here it is necessary to explain tlie eircumstances that led to the discovery.

1 had purchased about fourteen acres of Jand cContiguous to my dwelling, and could obtain no manure. I was Satis- fed that hog's manure,(whatever may have been Said to the contrary) is of the richest quality. I therefore turned my attention to keeping a given number of swine. I began with two Ss0ws and their litters; and though I lived in the neighbourhood of a market town, and bought wost of the gowmon wash that I could meet with, I, at times, experien- ged a want of food to maintain them. 1 then bought a quantity of potatoes, and enlarged my stock, but found tbe potatoes too expensive. These circumstances made me ap» prehensive 1 must relinquish my object.

1 now directed my attentiou to the nature and habits of swine. I xemarked their immenze value to us as an article

„ of food; their rapid growth; their early maturiky; and their

great fecundity. It struck me, tbat, for these reasons, it might be the desigu of Providence, that the species Should be more largely propagated; and that, thus augmentsd in

& New Farmer's Calendar, p. 166 4 Edit,