ON COMrOST MANURE. 95 



same in kind with few exceptions as that on which his 

 claim is this year founded. As a valuable appendix to 

 his last year's report, and his other papers in this pam- 

 phlet, we recommend that his statement on compost be 

 published. 



Mr. Lander may have done well in purchasing, saving 

 and making compost for his own particular {'arm, but 

 his example cannot be economically followed by the 

 greater part of the farmers of the county. No state- 

 ment of the cost of the compost is given, but it seems 

 evident that more money was paid out for materials to 

 compose it, than most think they can afford. The 

 compost used by him on about fourteen acres of tillage 

 land in 1842, he states at 443 ox cart loads, with side 

 boards, and that he has on hand, prepared for use 

 another year, 118 loads more. Total 561 loads. He 

 says : — 



" In the foregoing quantity of compost, there was 60 

 loads night soil, ten cords horse manure, three cords 

 muscle bed, 12 casks of air slacked lime, 300 bushels 

 leached ashes, (drawn from Salem,) 300 loads meadow 

 mud taken from a small piece of brook meadow upon 

 the farm, the quality of which is poor, sand and clay 

 entering largely into its composition. 



" The stock kept during the winter was as follows ; 

 one yoke oxen, 8 cows, 4 yearlings, 3 horses and 6 

 breeding sows. In March, 1 pair of steers were pur- 

 chased. During the summer, the cows were increased 

 to ten in number, and were kept in the barn every 

 night. Pigs increased to 30, 



"In July and August, one yoke cattle were stall fed, 

 and made a large quantity of valuable manure. For a 

 month previous to clearing out the barn cellar, it 

 received the manure of 6 additional cows." 



In reviewing the whole subject referred to this com- 

 mittee on experiments on manures and compost, we 

 would direct the attention of agriculturists to a i'ew par- 

 ticulars worthy of their notice. Such as. 



That peat or pond muck seems to be in most places 

 the cheapest and most eligible article for the base of all 



