HORSE-Dung, in Gardening, is of great use in making hot beds, for the raising all sorts of early crops as saladings, cucumbers, melons, asparagus, &c. for which purposes no other kind of dung will do so well. Horse-dung ferments the strongest; and if mixed with litter and sea-coal ashes in a due proportion, will continue its heat much longer than any other sort of dung whatsoever; and afterward, when rotted, becomes an excellent manure for most sorts of land: more especially for such as are of a cold nature. For stiff clayey land, horse-dung mixed with sea-coal ashes, and the cleansing of streets, will cause the parts to separate much sooner than any other compost: so that where it can be obtained in plenty, it is always to be recommended for such lands. See DUNG.