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and have hindered the free and open sale of 

 the farmers' stock. 



In a properly developed system of co-operation 

 the auctioneer's profits are divided among the 

 producers; and the danger of connivance 

 between the auctioneer and the professional 

 dealer is reduced to a minimum. 



To pass on to other sources of loss. 



English agriculture loses a considerable sum 

 annually owing to the wasteful and unscientific 

 way in which farmyard manure is treated. The 

 majority of farmers do not realise the very 

 great value of the liquid from their manure. 

 Too often, instead of being stored in tanks, it 

 is lost through the improper construction of the 

 yard bottoms, and it is even sometimes pur- 

 posely allowed to escape in the ordinary drains. 

 It is all the more regrettable that this careless- 

 ness exists, as the larger the amount of money 

 that is spent on cake in feeding the animals, 

 the greater is the relative richness of the liquid 

 excreta to that of the solid dung. Manure 

 should be regarded as capital, and so long as it 

 is anywhere except on the field it is intended for 

 it is capital lying idle, bringing in no interest. 

 The liquid ammonia now being lost in the drains 

 should be enriching the land. That the value 

 of this liquid manure is fully realised in 

 Denmark the tables below clearly show. In 

 America many farmers spread their manure 



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