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ill a heap as tliey are to use them right away, as they come 

 from the pottery. 



Mr. Hall. What is the cost ? 



Mr. Wakeman. Twenty-five cents a bushel. 



Prof. Johnson. What is the character of your soil ? 



Mr. Wakeman. The soil is a deep loam, rather light. 

 Some of it is rather yellow, and some of it is rather darkish. 



Mr. Hall. What is the practice generally among farmers in 

 that vicinity, there being so large an amount paid out for fer- 

 tilizers, in making and saving their yard manure ? Do they 

 depend wholly on those fertilizers purchased outside or do 

 they take pains to make a great deal at home ? 



Mr. Wakeman. They make all the manure they can. We 

 are small farmers. There are large quantities of onions 

 raised in that section of the country. 



Mr. Hall. I have always noticed that it is a great deal 

 better to make manure than to buy it ; but I have also noticed 

 that where there is a great deal bouglit there is apt to be a 

 great deal made. On the other hand, I find that those farm- 

 ers who .take the least pains to make manure are the ones 

 who buy the least. 



Mr. Wakeman. I don't suppose there is any section where 

 they take more pains to make manure than they do in the sec- 

 tion to which I refer. They make all the manure they can, 

 but the farms are so small that they rarely keep cattle for the 

 express purpose of making manure. 



Mr. Olcott. How much fish guano do you use ? 



Mr. Wakeman. I think there is hardly any used. We do 

 not consider it as good as the other manures we buy. 



Mr. Olcott. *Would you use it if the price was less ? 



Mr. Wakeman. I don't think I should ; still, I might use 

 some. 

 ^Mr. Olcott. Why not ? 



Mr. WaKEMAN. Well, it don't pay. It is not lasting 

 with us. 



Mr. Olcott. Does it produce any effect the first year ? 



Mr. Wakeman. Yes, sir. I would say, in regard to fish 

 taken right from the water, that I don't think it would pay 



