24 APPENDIX TO MR. FAY'S ADDRESS. 



The proper construction and arrangement of the barn, in order to secure 

 all the manure, both solid and liquid, that can be obtained, is a point of so 

 much importance, that the best light that experience can throw upon the 

 subject should be sought. Mr. Dodge, of Sutton, whose name is familiar 

 to every progressive agriculturist, suggests that the bam be set on a slope 

 or hill-side facing to the south, when it can conveniently be done. The 

 cellar should be walled on three sides and open on the other ; nine feet is 

 the right depth, if the land is dry on which the barn is to be set, and the 

 floor of the barn should run lengthwise, with stalls for cattle on one side^ 

 and a deposit for hay on the other ; in this way the droppings of the stock 

 are let down through scuttles into the cellar, and the liquids as well as the 

 solids are all preserved, and retained until wanted for use. If the land b& 

 light and dry where the manure is applied, muck and swamp mud, if wet 

 and heavy, loam or sacd should be used, and all the waste hay, straw, and 

 other vegetable matter that can be collected, should be deposited in this 

 cellar, and the whole mass be composted, and worked over when conve- 

 nient. The cattle should be kept in the stalls all but a short time every day 

 during the inclement season, and the cows stand in over night the year 

 round. Plaster should be sprinkled on the floor each day, and permitted to 

 mingle with the manure below ; the manure may be forked over occasion- 

 ally during summer, and a little lime may be used, to aid decomposition. 

 If the cellar does not get too much filled up, the whole mass should remain 

 until a convenient time for using. The cellar is then to be well cleaned 

 out and the mianure immediately ploughed in to prevent evaporation. 

 Hogs may be wintered on the compost, and, if properly cared for, wiK do 

 well, besides aiding in mixing the ingredients. Indagatoh. 



