. Ichnographia rustica; or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation. Containing directions for the general distribution of a country seat into rural and extensive gardens, parks, paddocks, &c., and a general system of agriculture; illus. from the author's drawings. ry thin, four or five Load ^ Improvement of arable Land. 175Load will do an Acre, in the fame manneras you do with Afhes, Malt Duft, &c. ofwhich we fhall fay more when we come to fu-perficial Drcffings, ^c. every good Husband-man then would by no means omit the gather^ing and getting Sheeps (or which is near thefame Natur
. Ichnographia rustica; or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation. Containing directions for the general distribution of a country seat into rural and extensive gardens, parks, paddocks, &c., and a general system of agriculture; illus. from the author's drawings. ry thin, four or five Load ^ Improvement of arable Land. 175Load will do an Acre, in the fame manneras you do with Afhes, Malt Duft, &c. ofwhich we fhall fay more when we come to fu-perficial Drcffings, ^c. every good Husband-man then would by no means omit the gather^ing and getting Sheeps (or which is near thefame Nature Deers) Dung together out of allwafte Lands, which may not only be thebetter for the Lands, but will likewife con-tribute fomething towards the Employing ofpoor Parifh Chil dren, of which there are toomany, that are fufFerd to live idle, lazy Lives,and come to nothing but thieving and Hedgebreaking. Of Human Ordure, I doubt thereis in the Country no great Quantities to beprocured ; what can be got, would be of thegreateft Improvement to all cold, four Lands,efpecially if mix*d with other Earths andDungs ; and this, fmall as it is, ought not tobe loft, but care taken from time to time tocomm-ix and blend it with common Horfe orCpw Dung, Pond Earth, &c. <m^^. SECTION iy6 Of the Managementy and SECTION VIL Of theDungs ofToultry^ ujedbefore Sowing* Pigeon, Hen and Goofe Dang are all ofthem excellent good Improvers of Mea-dow or Corn Land, but are beft ufcd fuper^ficially upon either; four or five Load willbe fufficient for an Acre, fowd over it aboutthe beginning of November for Wheat, or jultas Barley is fow*d, it being excellent for theqti,efpecially in all cold Lands. And Coilur4illcifay, long ago, of Pigeons Dung, Tr£ cate^rts tenam facit ferment are: i. e; It is Le-ftal fermenting Lands. But the(e ought, a-bove all, to lye fome time out of their DoveCoats and Houfes, that the Air may a littlefweeten and mollify the fiery Heat that is in-herent in thofe Dungs, even to a Fa
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