The total - ;C"5i 2 4 



7 cows 26 weeks at 6d. - 4 11 o 

 3 calves at ^d. - - o ig 6 



5 10 6 



Total for dung - ^-45 11 10 



1 1 06 loads at this amount come to 9|d. per load. 



I am very clear in my own opinion that no 'pur- 

 chafed manure will be gained fo cheap as this. 

 Draw whatever comparifon you pleafe between the 

 fuppofed value of this compoft, and the fuperior 

 worth of richer forts, yet the quantity of one for a 

 given price will fo vaftly exceed that of the other, 

 as to have a decilive fuperiority; the worfl: manure 

 I can purchafe in the neighbouring towns comes to 

 from 4S-. to 5s. a waggon load of 80 bulhels, befides 

 a whole day's work of four horfes, a man, and a 

 waggon. Suppofe the Hcrtfordfliire price of los. 

 for this team, and 4s. the dung, this is 14s. for 80 

 bufhels, or 3s. 2d. a load of i 8 bulhels. Relative 

 to the value of fuch dung, it is very difficult to form 

 a comparifon, for the heaps one buys are fmall, and 

 not two alike; but a great proportion of the quan- 

 tity, I am very clear, from the grittincfs and ex- 

 treme heavinefs of the load, is flioveiled up in the 

 turnpike; and I have not, from the clofell obfer- 

 vation I could make, fcen any fuperiority in it over 

 my own farm-yard compoft. It is true, I fome- 



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