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through the year 11 head of cattle, one horse, and two swine. 

 My barns stand 30 feet apart; this space I fill with muck and 

 soil, about one foot deep, then shovel the manure from my barns 

 on this. In the spring, I overhaul this, and mix as well as I 

 can. In this way I make about 70 loads. My hog-yard is ad- 

 joining my horse stable, so that I throw this manure to my 

 swine, to mix with muck and soil from where charcoal has been 

 made, &c. I also cart soil into my house drain, and make a 

 very good heap of manure in this way. 



I have carried out 285 loads of manure, or 87 cords of com- 

 post. 



Halifax, Oct. 24, 1848. 



William H. Adams's SlatefnetiL 



This year, I made and carried out 83 cords, 73| feet of ma- 

 nure, A considerable part of this manure has not been exposed 

 to the sun or rain, which preserves its strength, and keeps it 

 from wasting. 1 think it would well pay every one to keep ma- 

 nure under cover. I have generally used an opposite soil from 

 the land on which I have spread my manure, having tried this 

 with good success, for a number of years. I have added soil 

 to my manure, as often as it was required, 



Bridgewaier, Oct. 28, 1848. 



Oats. 



George Dreic^s Statem^ent. 



The land on which I sowed my oats measured an acre and 

 22-V rods. One half was planted to French turnips, and one 

 half to white beans, in 1847. I ploughed it deep in April, 1848, 

 and spread 2| cords compost manure, on the half I planted to 

 beans last year, on the other half, I put no manure. I sowed 3 



