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1 offset the keeping from the 1 1th 

 of September to the '20th of Novem- 

 ber against the old manner of let- 

 ting the cattle run at large during 

 the autumn months, on the mow 

 ing land, to its great injury by 

 poaching and close feeding. — If tltis 

 should not be deemed sufficient, I 

 then make no estimate ot the dif- 

 ference between keeping fifteen 

 head of cattle, the old stock, and 

 twenty head of cattle my presejit 

 stock. After these allowances and 

 oflfsetts, which no man can doubt 

 are sufficiently liberal, then I state, 

 that my experiment has resulted in 

 relation to land, in this, that I have 

 kept the same amount of stock, by 

 soiling on seventeen acres of land, 

 which had always previously re- 

 quired ffly acres. [Mr. Quincy 

 must have had bad pastures or bad 

 ly managed ones; twenty five acres 

 ought to have been enough for his 

 fifteen head of cattle.] The re?uli 

 is, in my opinion, even in this respeci 

 greater than what is here stated. 

 This, however, is sufficient to ex- 

 hibit the greatness of the economy 

 of this mode, so far as relates to 

 land. 



With respect to saving of fenc- 

 ing the previous condition of my 

 farm was this. I had at the lowest 

 estimate five miles of interior fence, 

 equal to sixteen hundred rods, 

 which at one dollar the rod wa>; 

 equal to sixteen hundred dollars. 

 And annually for repairs and refit 

 ting, cost sixty dollars. I have now 

 not one rod of interior fence, Ot 

 course the saving is great, distinct 

 and undeniable. 



In relation to manures, the ef- 

 fect of soiling is not less apparent 

 and unquestionable. The exact 



amount of summer product I have 

 not attempted to ascertain, but I 

 am satisfied that every thing con- 

 sidered, it is not less than one buck 

 load per month per head, or on 

 twenty head of cattle, one hundred 

 and twenty load for the six soiling 

 months. In this estimate, I take 

 into consideration the advantage 

 resulting trom urine saved, bj 

 means of loam, sand, or some 

 imbibing recipient prepared to ab- 

 sorb it. 



It remains to show that the cost 

 of raising the food, cutting it, and 

 distributing it to the cattle, is com- 

 pensated by these savings. Upon 

 this point, my own experience has 

 satisfied me that the value of the 

 manure alone, is an ample compen- 

 sation for all this expence. Leav- 

 ing the saving of land, of food, and 

 of fencing stuff, as well as the bet- 

 ter condition of Ihe cattle, as a clear 

 gain from the system. — As an evi- 

 dence of this, I state my expences 

 for labour in conducting the soiling 

 process. 



During the month of Juno, I 

 hired a man to do every thing ap- 

 pertaining to the soiling process ; 

 that is, cutting the food, delivering 

 il, taking care of the cattle in the 

 day time, for fifteen dollars the 

 month, he finding himself. In this 

 arrangement it was estimated, that 

 I availed myself of half his labour. 

 At the end of the month I had the 

 manure measured, and I found that 

 the manure collected in my recep- 

 tacle, which was a cellar under the 

 barn, and not including that which 

 had been made, during the four 

 hours each day, in the yard, amount- 

 ed to fifteen load. A quantity of 

 manure, which I could not have 



