54 ON MANURES, AND THEIR 



plough and lay immediately to grass again, yon will, 

 in most cases, donble your crop. Please to consider 

 this doctrine well ; and when yon have expressed your 

 assent, we will urge you a step farther. As it is now 

 winter, we may as well stop and think a little upon it 

 till we meet again. We wish to put you in a way to 

 double the profits of your grass-lands without injuring 

 your other crops. This is a matter we have much at 

 heart. If you can double your quantity of hay, you 

 can keep double your present number of cattle. We 

 think it possible to do this without the aid of lime. 



If you have as many cattle as you wish to keep, 

 why, sell off half your land, and let us double the 

 number of farmers as well as that of stock. 



^iJ^We have engaged William Buckminster, Esq. 

 of Framingham, to give us a series of articles on agri- 

 culture. He is an intelligent practical farmer, diligent- 

 ly engaged in improvements: his communications come 

 home to the business and understanding of our farmers, 

 and they will be much profited by giving them a thor- 

 ough examination. We now pubHsh one number on 

 the important subject of manure. — Yankee Farmer. 



ON MANURES, AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE SOIL. 



The most important inquiries of the farmer are, 

 '' How shall I render my lands most fertile at the least 

 expense ? How shall I keep them in a state of fertility ? 

 What crops tend most to impoverish them ? " 



Probably the most powerful manure, and the quickest 

 to operate on the soil, is the flesh of animals, or animal 

 matter ; but this is not so durable as that which 

 operates more slowly ; and it may be laid down as a 



