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think, would be about the average cost in New York, Boston, or Phila- 

 delphia. We never haul it on the ground until we are ready to plow it 

 in. If it has to be taken from the hog or cattle yards, we draw it out into 

 large heaps, convenient to where it is to be put on the land, turning it, 

 to keep it from burning or "fire-fanging," if necessary. None of our 

 farmers or market-gardeners here keep it under cover. The expense of 

 such covering and the greater difficulties in getting at it, for the immense 

 quantities we use, would be greater than the benefits to be derived from 

 keeping it under cover benefits, in fact, which, I think, may be greatly 

 overrated. Very truly yours, PETER HENDERSON. 



LETTER FROM J. M. B. ANDERSON, ED. "CANADA FARMER," TORONTO. 



" CANADA FARMER " OFFICE, TORONTO, March 29, 1870. 

 J. Harris, Esq. : 



DEAR SIR Tours of the 25th fnst. is to hand, and I shall be most 

 h".ppy to render you any assistance in my power. The work you under- 

 take is in able hands, and I have every confidence that, when completed, 

 it will form an invaluable acquisition to the agricultural literature of the 

 day. 



Manure in this city is usually sold by the two-horse load about H 

 tons at the rate of $1 per load, or 63 cents per ton. The load contains 

 just about a cord of manure, consequently a cord will weigh about li tons. 



With reference to the general management of manure in Canada, I may 

 say that the system followed differs in no material respect from that of 

 New York and the other Eastern States. It is usually kept over winter 

 in the open barn yard (rarely under cover, I am sorry to say), laid out on 

 the land about the time of disappearance of last snow, and plowed in. 

 In some cases it is not carted out until the land is ready for immediate 

 plowing. With some of our more advanced farmers, the system hr.s 

 lately been adopted of keeping manure under cover and sprinkling it 

 thoroughly at intervals with plaster and other substances. Tanks are 

 also becoming more common than formerly, for the preservation of liq- 

 uid manure, which is usually applied by means of large, perforated hogs- 

 heads, after the manner of street-watering. 



You ask, how the manure is managed at Bow Park, Brantford. That 

 made during fall and winter is carefully kept in as small bulk as possible, 

 to prevent exposure to the weather. In February and March it is drawn 

 out and put in heaps 8 feet square, and well packed, to prevent the es- 

 scape of ammonia. In spring, as soon as practicable, it is spread, and 

 plowed under immediately. Manure made in spring and summer is 

 spread on the field at once, and plowed under with a good, deep furrow 



Very truly yours, J. M. B. ANDERSON, Ed. Canada Fanner. 



MANURE STATISTICS OF LONG ISLAND. 



THE MANURE TRADE OF LONG ISLAND LETTER FROM J. H. RUSIIMORE. 



OLD WESTEURY, Long Island, April 6, 1876. 

 Jb^c-nh Harris, E^q. : 



DEAR SIR The great number of dealers in manure in New York pro- 



