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in fact every kind of animal substance that may come with- 

 in reach that is worthless. Instead of dragging off dead 

 horses or cows, as an attraction for buzzards and dogs, cut 

 them up and let them add to the manure heap. In this 

 way a valuable addition will be made. 



Among the richest of all manures, not excepting animal 

 matters even, is soot. It is not only rich in salts, but in 

 geine. It is said there are as much salts in 100 Ibs. of soot, 

 as there are in one ton of cow dung. Nothing is better for 

 vegetables, than an application of water with soot dissolved 

 in it. Besides, bugs are not fond of it, and it drives them 

 away. Throw all the soot of the chimneys, by all means, 

 on the heap. 



Sheep dung is one of our finest manures, and what is 

 better, the animals do the spreading themselves. A worn- 

 out meadow or pasture if given to sheep, and they are kept 

 in it any length of time, will be restored to its pristine fer- 

 tility. It is said that 1000 sheep run on a piece of ground 

 one year will make the soil capable of yielding grain enough, 

 over and above the capacity of the soil without the sheep 

 manure, to support 1035 sheep an entire year. Unless the 

 sheep are nightly folded, however, the manure cannot be 

 gathered. If it can be collected, put on the pile, by all 

 means. 



We have now enumerated the principal sources whence a 

 farmer can draw his supplies without drawing upon his 

 pocket. Many kinds, under our system of farming, are 

 unavailable to the farmer. I mean the liquids. Without 

 floors to the stables and pig- pens, the urine, which is the 

 richest of manures, so far as salts are concerned, is wasted. 

 But he can save his own, and the excrements of one man, 

 properly saved for one year, will well manure one acre of 

 land. Why let these rivers of wealth flow away from the 

 farm ? He prefers going to the shops and buying worse 

 than he can prepare on his farm. 



There are many artificial manures for sale. Plasters from 



