CHEMICAL MANURES. 107 



lu the preceding account I stand in the position of a proprietor 

 furnishing the fertilizers made use of by his farmer. 



Under these circumstances, the price of manure being put down 

 entirely to the first harvest, the rent of the 6 acres increased to $27.98, 

 about $4.65 the acre. 



If we value the products of the 3 acres treated with chemical fer- 

 tilizers, the net profit, all expense of manuring paid, will be $10.97 

 the acre. 



If the owner worked it himself, would the result be equally to his 

 advantage ? It appears to me very interesting to look at the question 

 in this light. 



Fixing, as M. George Ville has done in his lecture at the Sorbonne, 

 and according to Matthieu de Dombasle, the cost of the culture of one 

 aare at $18.57 is, thus divided : 



Rent of soil $3.80 



General expenses 4.39 



Work of culture 3.63 



Seeds , 3.88 



Harvesting and threshing 2.87 



Total $18.57 



Putting the manure by itself, there is always for the 3 acres 



99 bu. of wheat, at $1.75 the bu $173.25 



11,127 Ibs. of straw, at .0041 per Ib 52.85 



Total $226.10 



Deducting cost of culture $67.80 



Manure 106.14 $172.94 



Net profit $42.16 



Net profit the acre $14.05 



lu an account like the preceding the total cost of the manure has 

 "been put down to the first harvest. This is an extreme supposition, 

 according to M. George Ville, for the price of the annual manuring, 

 deducted from his formulse for four years, is but $15.20 the acre, in- 

 stead of $29.03. Looking at the question in this point of view, the 

 results to which w r e are led, for the 3 acres on which I experimented, 

 are 



99 bu. of grain, at $1.75 the bu $173.25 



11,127 Ibs. of straw, at .0041 per Ib 52.85 



Total $226.10 



Deducting cost of culture $26.01 



Manure 60.78 $86.79 



Net profit. $139.21 



Net profit 'the acre $25.65 



From whatever point of view we look at it, and with the actual 

 price of wheat much superior, I must say, to its mean price, the use 

 of chemical fertilizers in the experiment I have just made is attended 

 with profit. Would it be the same in an abundant year ? I do not 



