MIDDLESEX SOCIETY. 95 



John Kendall's Statement. 



The pile of compost manure which I offer for premium, was 

 prepared in the following manner, to wit: I have kept, du- 

 ring the past year, six cows, one horse, one yoke of oxen, six 

 months only, and four hogs. The cattle have been kept in the 

 barn at night; and in the barn cellar, underneath where they 

 stood, loam, refuse straw, &c, has continually been kept, which, 

 as often as it became impregnated sufficiently with the manure 

 and urine, was transferred to the heap, and fresh loam, &c, put 

 under the cattle, and so on. The hogs have also had a quantity 

 of the same material, together with weeds, and other refuse 

 matter to work upon, which has also been worked in. All that 

 could be scraped from the privy-vault, sink-drain, scrapings of 

 the yard and road, has been worked over and pulverized into its 

 present state. 



Marlborough, Oct., 1847. 



John K. Hardifs Statement. 



I commenced carting mud and loam into my barn cellar early 

 in November last, having just then prepared my barn for that 

 purpose, and I continued to cart occasionally, until April. Du- 

 ring this time, I kept, on an average, two swine in the cellar, and 

 two horses, two oxen and one cow in my barn, directly over that 

 part of the cellar devoted to compost. I have kept 60 hens du- 

 ring the winter, and my hen-roost is likewise in the cellar, over 

 the compost heap. That part of the cellar for compost, is 25 by 

 30 feet, and is 10 feet deep. It is kept lighted in severe cold 

 weather, by glass only ; in pleasant weather it is partially open 

 on the south side, but is not allowed to freeze. I began hauling 

 stable manure from Boston, Nov. 1st, and continued to do so 

 when at leisure, until my heap was finished and ready for plant- 

 ing in April. The stable manure, mud, and loam, were principally 

 dropped through the barn floor into the centre of the heap — 



