198 ARTIFICIAL MANURE. 



From experiments made in a small way, it is be- 

 lieved that this will be found an effectual manure ; 

 the author suggests it, in the hope that it may lead 

 to cautious experiment. But there is still another 

 form, in which this artificial manure may be prepared 

 ■—that is by the addition of ammonia, the real Simon 

 Pure of cow dung. Take 



3 cords of peat, 

 61 lbs. sal ammoniac, 

 1-4 cask, or about 61 lbs. lime. 

 Slack the lime, dissolve the sal ammoniac, and wet 

 the peat well with the solution through every part. 

 Then shovel over, mixing in the lime accurately. 

 We have here then, 3 cords of manure, at a price as 

 follows : 



3 cords peat, $4,50 



61 lbs. sal ammoniac, at Is., 10,17 

 61 lbs. lime, 0,27 



3)$14,94($4,98 



It will be observed that three cords are used in 

 these calculations, because the quantity of salts used 

 are equivalent to the ammonia in a cord of dung, 

 and that is supposed to be composted with 2 cords 

 of loam, or meadow mud. Whether the estimates 

 are correct, each one will determine by the value he 



