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I. J. states that, when he came to his farm, four years ago, he 

 could only keep one cow, and two acres of such pasture as it 

 afforded was only sufficient to summer-feed her ; that he had 

 gradually increased his stock from year to year, until he had 

 now three good cows, and a horse, on his eight acres of land, and 

 had now more acres manured than he then found roods. 



K. L. states that where formerly he had only two cows, a 

 heifer, and a pony, he now had five cows, two heifers, and one 

 good horse, upon his sixteen acres, kept on clover and vetches in 

 summer, on cabbage in the autumn, and turnips in the winter 

 and spring. 



M. N. occupied twenty-three acres of land. His stock was 

 seven cows, two heifers, one calf, and two horses, which were 

 kept in good condition ; and besides this, he had nine hundred 

 stocks of excellent oats, and an acre of flax. 



O. P. occupied six acres of land. Two acres and two roods were 

 in potatoes, one acre in turnips, and he produced about thirty 

 barrels of oats. He house-fed three cows, three calves, and an 

 ass; he made three firkins of butter; he had two pigs; he had 

 to support a family of eleven persons ; and yet he had twenty 

 barrels of potatoes to sell. 



Q,. R. held four acres, one rood, and twenty perches of land. 

 He had two acres of potatoes in arable land, and three roods in 

 reclaimed bog, of which he had reclaimed two acres ; he had 

 one acre of turnips ; he had ten barrels of oats to sell ; he had made 

 three firkins of butter during the summer ; he had house-fed two 

 cows and two heifers. He had thirteen in a family to support, 

 and he expected to sell ten barrels of potatoes ; had already sold 

 three pigs at a profit, after paying their cost, of 5. 



S. T. held five acres of land. He had two acres of potatoes, 

 three roods of turnips, twenty perches of flax. He had house- 

 fed three cows and a genet. He had made three firkins of but 

 ter, and had twenty-four barrels of oats and fifteen barrels of 

 potatoes to sell. 



I do not deem it necessary to multiply these examples, although 

 more are within my reach. I need not point out the conclusions 

 to which they lead. Two things, however, deserve particular 

 attention. The first is, that none of the product of the land is 

 lost or wasted. The second, which reveals the whole secret of 

 success, is in the large quantity of manure which is obtained 



