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are equal, if not a little superior, to the Button. Sev- 

 eral gentlemen who have visited the plat concur in 

 the correctness of this statement. 



CHAPTER V. 



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MANURES. 



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What quantity should be applied to an acre. Winter Man- 

 agement of Manure. Specific Manures. Bone Manure. 

 Leached Ashes. Peat Earth, Peat Ashes, &c. 



[THE subject of manures is one of great impor- 

 tance to the farmer, and under this head we have 

 arranged several papers from the pen of Judge Buel, 

 illustrating the particular topics indicated. That 

 there is a most lamentable deficiency in our general 

 management and use of manures, cannot be. ques- 

 tioned ; and to introduce a more correct and farmer- 

 like course was a favourite object with that suc- 

 cessful cultivator. In addition to the remarks of 

 Judge Buel, we have selected two papers of peculiai 

 interest as part of this chapter ; one being part of a 

 communication from Mr. ANTHONY, of Rhode Island, 

 illustrating the value of leached ashes as a manure ; 

 and the other a letter from the well-known farmer, 

 W. A. SEELY, of Staten Island, on the use of peat- 

 earth and peat-ashes as fertilizers of the soil. This 

 letter is particularly important to farmers at the pres- 

 ent time, as, in consequence of the geological sur- 

 vey of the state now going on, the presence of large 



