322 Profit of Soiling Cattle. 
covered with natural grass, and it is well known that cat- 
tle soon devour an acre of clover nearly run out, or 
indeed any other thin set grass: however the grounds 
are open to observation, except about 10 acres of the 
worst, the greater part of which has been ploughed for 
spring crops, and between thirteen and fourteen acres 
top dressed with compost, since cutting the first crop ; 
but those are not yet so materially altered as to prevent 
investigation. 
As every thing heretofore advanced has been found- 
ed on actual experiment, except the capabilities of the 
grounds to graze the stock, Iam sorry that rests on 
opinion, and consequently stamps some degree of un- 
certainty, on every conclusion that may be drawn from 
the whole; but if this opinion is correct the produce 
stated above, has been rescued from oblivion by soil- 
ing, except the hay, which might have been mowed 
after the stock, as they decreased in number, had they 
been pastured on the grounds, and the advantage de- 
rived from their dung often dropped where useless, and 
seldom where it would be most. beneficial. 
An extra produce of 3702 dollars 54 cents, or of 43 
dollars 55 cents per acre, on 85 acres, or of 34 dollars 
' 92 cents per acre on the whole 106 acres, appears to 
demand some attention: and notwithstanding the prices 
forming this estimate, may be considered too high by 
many equally near to Philadelphia as myself, and must of 
course be curtailed to suit remote situations, the intrinsic 
value of the articles will still remain considerable, and 
if the numerous acres appropriated to pasture in Penn- 
sylvania, are in proportion to the soil capable of pro- 
ducing in the same ratio, soiling is an object of high 
