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put s\iperpliospliate in the hill. I have never failed to get good 

 corn. This system has been adopted very generally in our 

 section, and we find that manure applied in the fall is very 

 much more valuable thsfh that applied in the spring, because 

 having been worked into the soil and lying there through, the 

 winter, we believe it gets into a proper condition for the plant 

 in the spring! Besides, it saves labor in spring, when time 

 is valuable and labor high, and the cost of the superj)hos))hate 

 or bone dust will not be much more than the cost of applying 

 the manure in the spring. I have relied somewhat \ipon 

 potatoes, and those I plant entirely in my pastures, that had not 

 been planted for sixty years. I have not got a very large 

 return in money, thus' far, but when I sell them I hope the 

 price will be higher. But I have relied principally upon hay, 

 and I believe that is the only system we can pursue and make 

 money. 



If you ask me what I have relied upon for manure, I will say 

 that I have expended six or seven hundred dollars for super- 

 phosphates. I have listened with a g^i-eat deal of attention to 

 the doctor, and shall endeavor to profit by what he has said. 

 If it is a fact that I can produce something that is more lasting 

 in its effects and better for one-half the price, by manufacturing 

 it upon my own farm, certainly I want to do it, and I shall 

 have learned a very important lesson to-day. The superphos- 

 pliate which I have used, I believe, is made in Boston, by Mr. 

 Bradley. It is a very good article, but if there is a better and 

 cheaper substitute for it, I surely want to know it. 



My custom has been to commence turning over my land just 

 as soon as my hay \^as secured, and although I am busy in 

 spring, I have always' been a great deal busier in August and 

 September. I begin upon my lowland, and when I have turned 

 it over, I apply superphosphate or aslies, or whatever I can get. 

 I formerly used ashes ; I did not believe I could get anything 

 better ; but they have cost so very high, that I have abandoned 

 their use. I have found I could not manure an acre of land 

 short of forty dollars, where half of that money expended for 

 superphosphate has done very well. On my farm there are 

 three lots which were laid down f )ur years ago, one with ashes, 

 another with manure, and the third with superphosphate, and I 



