78 TALKS ON MANURES. 



The four tons of feed and bedding will make, at vi rough estimate 

 about ten tons of manure. 



This ten tons of straw and corn manure, according to Mr. Lawes' 

 estimate, is worth, in the field. $14.69. And if it costs fifty cents a 

 load to get it on the land its value, ii the yard, would be $9. 69 

 or nearly ninety-seven cents a ton. 



The ten tons of good manure, according to the same estimate, is 

 worth, in the fold, $34.72, and, consequently, wouLl be worth, in 

 the yard, f 29.72. In other words, a ton of poor manure is worth, 

 in the yard, ninety-seven cents a ton, and the good manure $2 97. 



And so in describing John Johnston's method of managing 

 manure, this fact must be borne in mind. It might not pay the 

 Deacon to spend much labor on manure worth only ninety seven 

 cents a ton, while it might pay John Johnston to bestow some con- 

 siderable time and labor on manure worth $2.97 per ton. 

 " But is it really worth this sum ? " asked the Deacon. 

 " In reply to that," said I, " all I claim is that the figures are com- 

 parative. If your manure, made as above described, is worth 

 ninety-seven cents a ton in the yard, then John Johnston's manure, 

 made as stated, is certainly worth, at least, $2.97 per ton in the 

 yard." 



Of this there can be no doubt. 



" If you think," I continued, " your manure, so made, 13 worth 

 only half as much as Mr. Lawes' estimate ; in other words, if your 

 ten tons of manure, instead of being worth $14.69 in the field, is 

 worth only $7.35 ; then John Johnston's ten tons of manure, 

 instead of being worth $34.72 in the field, is worth only $17.36." 



" That looks a little more reasonable," said the Deacon, " John 

 Johnston's manure, instead of being worth $2.97 per ton in the yard, 

 is worth only $1 48 per ton, and mine, instead of being worth ninety- 

 seven cents a ton, is worth forty-eight and a half cents a ton." 



The Deacon sat for a few minutes looking at these figures. 

 " They do not seem so extravagantly high as I thought them at 

 first," he said, " and if you will reduce the figures in Mr. Lawes' 

 table one-half all through, it will be much nearer the truth. I 

 think my manure is worth forty-eight and a half cents a ton in the 

 yard, and if your figures are correct, I suppose I must admit that 

 John Johnston's manure is worth $1.48 per ton in the yard.'* 



I was very glad to get such an admission from the Deacon. He 

 did not see that he had made a mistake in the figures, and so 1 got 

 him to go over the calculation again. 



