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 appear to have been totally unacquainted with the proper management.

Let the dung when duly prepared in the heap as before advised, be brought in long and short together as it comes to hand: then having a handy two-tined fork, &c. begin to form the foundation of the bed by shaking some of the longest dry litter, evenly at bottom, forming the bed at first to the full width, and gradually narrowing upwards, by drawing in each side moderately and regularly, generally advancing only a yard or two in length, raising it by degrees to a ridge the full height, as a guide to the whole; and continuing it along regularly lengthwise in the same proportion. Beat the dung firmly in with the fork from time to time as you proceed, and be careful to form both sides of an equal slope, narrowing very gradually upwards till they meet