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Profit of Soiling Cattle. By John Lorain. — 
Read December 11th, 1810. 
Tackoney, 26th November, 1810. 
Str, ; 
I have succeeded in soiling and selling the cattle 
mentioned in a former communication, and should your 
society consider the subject interesting to agriculture, . 
will with pleasure detail the causes of former defeat, and 
the management which has, and I hope ever will prove 
successful.—At present, I propose confining myself to 
some observations on its very superior economy, com- 
pared with grazing, and to illustrate the subject from 
the practice of my own farm, shall subjoin the produce 
of this year, over and above soiling forty cattle and six 
horses, to wit. 
1730 bushels of potatoes at 35 cents, the 
prices of this article are very fluctuating, and 
not always governed by a plentiful or mid- 
dling crop; they were rated at the same last 
year, and sold for more exclusive of riddling, 
and hauling to market, and a loss sustained 
by frost, 2 Y = - - $ 605 506 
817 bushels of corn, at 60 cents; this may 
appear high to some, especially as it will shrink 
eonsiderably in the crib. I do not sell till the 
erib is wanted for the new crop, at which time 
prices on an average are high, - - 490 20 
Carried forward, % 1095 70 
