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1 00 loads New-York street manure, $29 00 



Hauling 20 loads per day at $2, is for 1 00 loads, 1 00 



Freight at 1 8 cen'.s per load, 18 00 



$56 00 



For 100 carmen's leads. You must bear in mind that a carman's 

 load is lillle more than half one of our farm loads, consequently my 

 manure would appear to cost 25 cents per cart load less than one half 

 the price of that manure. 



I do not hesitate in saying that my soil has experienced greater be- 

 nefit from this manure than from any other I have ever used, that is 

 in reference to the condition of the soil after cropping. As an objec- 

 tion to the use of this manure, it is said that the product of marshes 

 and swamps abound in the larvae of insects. By adding a due propor- 

 tion of lime, the larvse will not only be destroyed but also the grubs 

 that are already in the ground. 



AN ANA.LYSIS 



Of Barren and Improved Soils and the Much used, hy Dr. Field. 



We are indebted to Mr. Thomas Kerr for the following analysis of 

 soils. He observes there is no room for dispute as to the necessity of 

 exact knowledge of the laws of nature, if we would have truly success- 

 ful agriculture. I find Dr. Field's muck to be very nearly pure clay 

 with 2\ per cent of vegetable matter. 



The marl in composition consists of clay, 64 per cent.; of lime, (43 

 — 71 to 100) — 28 of lime. Vegetable matter in the proportion of 38. 



Carbonate of lime, . 64 per cent. 



Vegetable matter, 4 do 



Clay, pure nearly, 13^ do 



Moisture, ^. 18^ do 



100 parts. 



Barren Soil. 

 Sand 74 per cent. Sandy loam consists of — 



