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should remark here, that the temperature of our dairy-room is 

 so regulated that we can make more pounds of butter from the 

 same quantity of milk in winter, than in summer. 



Manure. — I endeavor to manufacture all tiie manure neces- 

 sary for the place, and have been nearly able to do so. I have 

 recently built a barn, in the construction of which, I have paid 

 special attention to this important feature of farm economy. 

 The cellar extends under the whole building, answering the 

 double purpose of a receptacle for manure and compost mate- 

 rials, and also of a pen for the swine, which manufacture the 

 compost materials into rich manure in a short time. The soil 

 used in composting is deposited in a stratum imder the cow- 

 stables, and is continually enriched by the drippings from above. 

 When it is sufficiently saturated, another layer is spread above 

 it, and becomes saturated in like manner. This process is used 

 with several layers, and then the whole is shoveled out into 

 another part of the cellar. It is shoveled over three times 

 during the winter. 



We will now compare the expenditures with the cash receipts, 

 and those productions which are not to be used again in farm 

 consumption. 



Expenditures : — 



Labor and board of one man, 



Labor of boy, 



Manure, 



Lime, 



Plaster, 



Guano, 



Taxes, 



Ploughing, 



Miscellaneous expenses, 



Receipts : — 



Cash for potatoes, 

 320 bushels potatoes stored, 

 Cash for cabbages, . 

 Dairy, . - . . 

 Corn, Qo bushels, 



$378 13 



