. The agriculture and rural economy of France, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. Agriculture. 220 THE CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL. use of it, which is quite absurd, and leads to the sacrifice of the most valuable and efficacious manure which is at the command of the husbandman. In some cases it is turned into the small ditches or furrows between the beds or stitches, and then with a spade thrown on to the beds with some of the soil by which it has been absorbed. In this case a light plough is sometimes passed through these intervals or small ditches, between the beds, so as to loosen the earth by
. The agriculture and rural economy of France, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. Agriculture. 220 THE CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL. use of it, which is quite absurd, and leads to the sacrifice of the most valuable and efficacious manure which is at the command of the husbandman. In some cases it is turned into the small ditches or furrows between the beds or stitches, and then with a spade thrown on to the beds with some of the soil by which it has been absorbed. In this case a light plough is sometimes passed through these intervals or small ditches, between the beds, so as to loosen the earth by which the liquid has been absorbed. But most commonly it is applied directly, by means of a cask constructed for that purpose, resembling the vehicles used for watering the streets of cities. In the subjoined diagram the liquid from the cask falls into a trough placed horizontally, and pierced with holes, by which means it is very equally distri- buted. In other cases, where the liquid is too thick to be distri- buted through these holes, it is, in passing out, made to strike against a plank or board, by which means it is scat- tered evenly upon the ground. Thus:—. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Colman, Henry, 1785-1849. [from old catalog]. Boston, A. D. Phelps
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