3A0 Statr Board of Agriculture, &c. 



They save and compost everything that will decay on 

 the farm. Tliey also use a great deal of lime. 



Bones are saved with the utmost care, and either made 

 into phosphates or taken to tlie bone mill and ground into 

 what they call hone dust. 



The flesh, blood and bones of an old horse are often 

 worth more than he was when alive. 



They import many thousand tons of bones every year 

 from America to be ground uj) and used as manures. They 

 import cotton seed and flax seed from America by tens of 

 thousands of tons, which are ground, the oil extracted and 

 the residue pressed into cake, which is fed to their fatten- 

 ing stock. The droppings, which are very rich, are after- 

 wards used for manure. 



Here, Mr. Chairman, is where the Englishman is too 

 sharp for the Yankee. He extracts the oil, fats his cattle, 

 manures his land and rejoices, wdnle the American farmer 

 that sells him the seed is groaning over his hard luck and a 

 run-out fai-m, and says farming don't pay. 



They import a great deal of guano, which is inspected by 

 government inspectors, and, if found adulterated, the owner 

 is punished by a very heavy flnc. 



They make use of a great many chemicals, which they 

 buy by the pound in the market, and feed their crops the 

 same as they do their cattle — that is to say, they take into 

 consideration the crop they desire to raise, and then apply 

 those manures and chemicals whose component parts enter 

 into the construction of the plant to be raised. 



They have special manures compounded by the mami- 



