DIGITAL ARCHIVE of SLAVERY to FREEDOM at MONTICELLO   (beta)

Dung.

Folding. mr Taylor says he knows by accurate & constant experience that 40. head of cattle, folded of nights only, dung completely 20. yds square.

before folding the ground should be coultered & covered with straw, then folded one week, and the straw & dung immediately turned in with the great plough.

an Experiment to be tried. lay off a square acre & put 25 loads [yds] of dung on it. lay off 8. acres separately around it. fold 4. of them with a Supplied clothing number of cattle, & the other 4. with 5. or 6 times as many sheep, giving 1. week to one acre, 1½ to the 2d 2 weeks to the 3d & 2½ to the 4th sow the whole with wheat, and see which of the folded acres is equal to the dunged one, in order to ascertain the equivalence between folding & spreading dung.

Dung beneficially used as a top dressing in the spring. Report on Manures. pa. 15.

Dung hill should be on a level, paved, with a well round it, shaded, channels at bottom to lead off superfluous moisture. ib. 27. plant trees round it. ib. Append. 7.

Young sais that 20. head of sheep will fold 1. acre a year in a manner to equal 20. loads of dung. than the folding of one sheep a year is equivalent to one load of dung. 3. exp. agr. 166. this makes 20. sheep only equal to 1. cow. Mr Taylor’s estimate in folding makes 1. cow fold 9/10 of an acre in a year. this makes 1. cow equal to 18. sheep.

Long dung.