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he said there was nothing that could be applied to a vineyard 

 worse than horse-manure. Well, about the last thing that my 

 man who carried me over to the depot said was, " What shall 

 we do ? " We were going to draw horse-manure from Fall 

 River, and I said, " Manure the vineyard." When I got 

 home, I found that they had manured about three-quarters of 

 the vineyard. I said, "Stop right where you are." They 

 wanted to know why. I told them I had heard from head- 

 quarters, and I should not have any grapes where that 

 manure had been applied. I had a Swede at work for me, 

 and he said, " I will take off every bit of it." I told him I 

 would let it alone and try the experiment. The result was, 

 I had the best crop of grapes the next year I ever had in 

 my life. Dr. Fisher's opinion to the contrary notwithstanding. 

 Now, I have three acres that I have manured with stable- 

 manure, and ploughed it in shallow, where I intend to set 

 strawberries next year, and I really hope (I don't know, 

 but I have faith to believe) that I shall have a good straw- 

 berry-bed, notwithstanding the manure was spread in the 

 fall, and ploughed in. 



Mr. Humphrey. The gentleman's argument is very good 

 for this State ; but it is not applicable to us in New Hamp- 

 shire. He must understand, and my friend Paul also, that 

 they are very favorably situated to dispose of their crops; 

 but we in New Hampshire are not favored in that way. 

 Take Concord, for instance. We have a market-gardener 

 who supplies Concord and Manchester, and oftentimes sends 

 his produce to Boston. Now, supposing the farmers around 

 there all went into market-gardening, they could not sell 

 their stuff. Suppose all the farmers in the neighborhood of 

 Mr. Slade and Mr. Paul went into market-gardening, they 

 could not make a living out of it. Their success in market- 

 gardening is owing largely to the knowledge they have 

 acquired in the business. Any man will be successful who 

 has brains, and who will apply himself to his business intelli- 

 gently and faithfully. I do not advise anybody to raise corn 

 in large quantities, but to raise enough for his own use. 



Mr. Paul. I wish to say one word in regard to the 

 application of manure, and that is, that I have never prac- 

 tised composting. I read very much in the newspapers 

 about composting, and I have seen men practise it; but I 



