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think is not dear. I would certainly buy dung fo to 

 have it delivered at my farm. But this is not the 

 point of view in which the 1 81. i 8s. 2d. fhould be 

 confidered ; for four cows were partly wintered out 

 of it. They ate ftraw the whole winter, belides 

 their hay; this is to be reckoned at 6d. a week, 

 or 2I. I2S. which reduces the 18I. iSs. 2d. to 

 16I. 6s. 2d. which is 2s. gd. per load; — a price 

 cheaper than dung can be had in any other method. 



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^he Manure raijed in the Fami-Tard during 

 the Winter 1769-70. 



This year the flock of cattle was 7 horfes, 7 cows, 

 3 calves, befides hogs. The ftraw, fern, and ftub- 

 ble, for making into dung, was 67 loads, viz. 



1 1 waggon loads of fern 

 16 loads of ftraw bought 



30 ditto, the produdt of 33! acres of fpring corn 

 10 waggon loads of ftubble, bought at 7s. 

 -^nd 22 loads of hay confumed by the horfes, cows, &c. 



I altered my management this year; for in Au- 

 guft, September, and October, I carted in 591 

 loads, 1 8 buftiels each, of turf and ditch earth, 

 which were fpread over the yard, about 2 feet deep, 

 except round againft the buildings to the breadth 

 of 6 or 7 feet, which was left as a path. On this 



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