46 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



and he said, "To my ability to leave my business behind 

 when I cross the threshold of my home," Now, if I ask 

 Brother Howard to what he attributes his success, I don't 

 believe that, though good, will be his answer, but he will 

 have one. 



Mr. Howard. I attribute my success — as much as it has 

 been — to keeping everlastingly at it. 



Mr. E. L. Ripley (of Hingham). Did 1 understand the 

 lecturer to say that his manure only cost him $2.15 delivered ? 

 He recommended for market gardening good stable manure. 

 Now, does he get good stable manure landed on his farm for 

 $2.15 a cord? If he does, he has an advantage over most 

 of us, I think. I think I must be mistaken in the w'ay I 

 understood him. 



Mr. Howard. That was my statement, — $2.15 per cord, 

 landed on my place. I make the contracts for that manure, 

 — nobody else makes them. And I superintend the men 

 who haul it, and they put on a load, and they have broken 

 down two wagons for me trying to get load enough on. I 

 have got a third one, and have braced it up, and I think it 

 ^vi\\ hold it. 



Mr. E. Moore (of Worcester) . Do you think it possible 

 for a man located a little farther back than you are to com- 

 pete successfully by the use of commercial fertilizer in con- 

 nection with market gardening? 



Mr. Howard. A great many crops seem to be a great 

 deal better where there is not too nmch manure put on the 

 ground. One of those crops, which is especially so, is that of 

 cauliflower. The highest-priced cauliflower coming to Boston 

 comes from lands which are manured with commercial fertil- 

 izer. The cost of ai)plying commercial fertilizer is very 

 small compared with the cost of applying manure. Have I 

 answered your question ? 



Mr. Moore. Yes ; partly. I want to know if in your 

 experience you know of those who are practising that 

 method of using commercial fertilizer on account of their 

 situation in regard to the market? There are not many 

 who can get manure for $2.15, or $4.15, a cord ; and if they 

 come in competition with you, they must naturally get it 



