134 AMERICAN MANURES. 



the immense amount of concentrated manures 

 prepared from the bones, night soil, and other 

 waste products of the kingdom, it will swell the 

 grand total of commercial manures used by the 

 farmers of England, to over 800,000 tons a year 

 a larger amount than is used in the whole 

 United States of America. That the use of this 

 large amount of the elements of fertility applied 

 to the soil amply repays the farmer, we cannot 

 question for a moment. We quote the following 

 from the last year's report of a leading manufac- 

 turer in England : 



" Most wonderful strides have been made 

 within the past few years in the use of bone ma- 

 terial for manurial purposes. Manure manufac- 

 tories have sprung up in all parts of the country, 

 where formerly they were unknown ; and not- 

 withstanding that there is no decrease in the 

 average importations of the past five years, the 

 keen competition that exists among manufactur- 

 ers for supplies of the raw material, has at length 

 forced prices to the most extreme point which 

 they have yet attained. Towards the close of 

 last season, the utmost difficulty was experienced 

 in getting supplies to meet the most moderate 

 requirements, and the stocks of manufacturers 

 w r ere entirely cleared. The new season was 

 ushered in with great excitement in the trade ; 

 fears being generally entertained that the sup- 



