MANURES. 139 



Cost of land $21000 



" ashes for both dressings .... 215 54 



Seed fordo. ... 41 25 



Ploughing 10J days . .... 21 00 



Rolling 3i do. 

 Harrowing 3i do. . 



Caning outside furrows 



Sowing 3 days . 



Carting and spreading ashes 



7 00 

 7 00 

 7 50 

 3 00 

 54 00 



Cutting, curing, and housing41 tons millet and clover 123 00 



Five years taxes 2 10 



Interest accruing on transaction .... 46 00 



$737 39 

 Cr. 



By produce sold, amounting to $717 00 



Value of pasturage . . . . . . . 1500 



Value of lot in its present condition . . . 385 00 



$1,117 00 

 737 39 



$379 61 



There is reason to suppose, from present appear- 

 ances, that ihe lot in question will cut two tons of 

 clover this season per acre ; it will therefore be seen 

 that my valuation is not a high one. A repetition 

 of the treatment it has received would no doubt im- 

 prove still more the texture of the soil, though I am 

 inclined to thTrik there might be a falling off instead 

 of an increase in the amount of its products by sub- 

 sequent ashings. Should this be the case, it would 

 indicate a suitable condition for more permanent im- 

 provement by manuring. 



PEAT EARTH, PEAT ASHES, &C. 



In the number of the Cultivator for January, 1839, 

 p. 191, a correspondent, in noticing " a recently pub- 

 lished account of the proceedings of the British As- 

 sociation for the advancement of Science," as to the 

 improvement of peat-bogs, and the use of peat-moss 

 or turf as a manure, speaks of the preparation of the 



