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pen, and one from the sink drain. I then added four 

 loads of loam and one of wash from the road side, which 

 I spread over the manure, and then added two loads of 

 manure from a calf pen, three from the barn yard, and 

 tv/o loads that I took out from under the hovel floor 

 where my cattle stand, and then spread four loads of 

 loam smoothly over the w^hole, and let it remain until 

 the last of August; and then overhauled it, and found it 

 well rooted, and in good order for future use. I con- 

 sider it worth half as much per cord as green cow ma- 

 nure. Expense of collecting and overhauling, $4,00. 

 Amount, 25 loads; cart of common size, say 35 bush- 

 els. 



The next heap is composed of nine loads of manure 

 from the barn yard, and six loads of meadow mud, and 

 three loads of loam. I drew the manure from the yard 

 last spring and laid it in a heap, and then spread the 

 mud over the manure, letting it remain in that state un- 

 til the last of August; I then overhauled it, spreading 

 the loam smoothly over the whole. This heap I consid- 

 er worth about one third as much as green manure. 

 Expense of collecting and overhauling, .^3,00. Amount, 

 18 loads. 



The next heap is composed of six loads of barn yard 

 manure, mixed with the same quantity of fine chip dirt 

 drawn out last spring, mixed together, and overhauled 

 again the last of August; the cost of collecting and over- 

 hauling, $2,50. I consider it worth one third as much 

 as green manure. Amount, 12 loads. 



In addition to this, I have got Avhat manure has been 

 made in a slaughter yard since about the middle of May 

 last There is the manure of two horses all the time, and 

 three a pai't of the time. This manure is thrown down 

 into the cellar, where the hogs root it over at pleasure. 

 I have also put in thirty loads of loam, mud and wash, 

 from the road, since I hired it. I have taken out three 

 loads of the horse manure, which 1 mixed with the same 

 quantity of wash from the road, making six loads, which 

 1 consider worth half as much as green manure cost, 

 $\,bO. There are probably five or six loads of horse 



