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water-cart, 11.?. or li?.s. in tlie distribution of stable-manure : 

 an equivalent quantity, and that close to the farm. Then, 

 there was this g-reat advantag-e in favour of the hose (though 

 you cannot give an estimate in money-value as the relative 

 amounts), that, in the distribution by the water-carts, there is 

 the poaching- of the land by the weight of the cart and horse, 

 and probably the damag-e of which would be more than 5^. 

 and of course still greater damage in the case of the cartag-e 

 of the heavier produce of stable-manure. With the hose, the 

 experiment appeared to be complete, with the addition of a 

 very important fact, that you could, by the hose, get on the 

 land at any time ; but with the water-cart, or in spreading- 

 solid manure, of course, you are restricted by the state of 

 the weather as to its application at certain periods. So far 

 as they could tr}-, I think these 2000 gallons of sewer-water 

 were found equal to about 3 cwt. of guano, and about 15 

 tons of stable-manure. But there was another important 

 point which was established beyond a doiibt, which was, 

 that the friction through the hose, for a considerable length, 

 was much less than we anticipated ; for instance, we used 

 half a mile of hose, and carrying it on the surface, over fur- 

 rows, and through a ditch, and over a hedge, I think at the 

 end of 800 yards it gave out a jet something, as near as I 

 could judge, of iO feet (nearly half the height due to the 

 pressure). These experiments appeared to establish the fact, 

 that the hose, in many circumstances, for the delivery of a 

 given quantity of water, even considering it as a means for 

 the distribution of simple water, woidd have been cheaper 

 than the water-meadow itself, and you have the advantage 

 also with that, of being able to apply the liquid-manure to 

 arable cultivation. With the water-meadow, you only apjdy 

 it to grass-land. Putting the interest on the machinery and 

 capital together, we could not put down the fair expense of 

 this delivery by the hose at much more than 1.5. an acre, that 

 is for 2000 gallons." 



Agricidtural Gazette, Oct. 10, 1846. 



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