- ON CO:\IP0ST MANURK, 99 



manure left — call it four, as I cannot tell the exact num- 

 ber. Total amount, 95 loads. 



I hardly know how to value this manure. The horse 

 manure is good, and that ^vhich lies under the blood 

 hole is better; the rest is very good; and, taken to- 

 gether, I consider it worth at least two thirds as much 

 as the best quality of manure. I have to pay at the rate 

 of ^'30,00 per annum rent for the yard. It is about 

 three fourths of a mile from my farm, and I teamed the 

 stuff which I put in from it. Expense of teaming, ^10. 

 Whole cost, |{'22,50. 



The stock kept on tlie place the past year, has been 

 one yoke of oxen, three cows, one yearling heifer, and 

 two hogs. 



Very respectfully yours, 



JUSTIN CARTER. 



Andover, Sept. 17th, 1842. 



ALLEN PUTNAM'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Compost Manure : 



Gentlemen, — In making to you a statement as to the 

 quantity of valuable compost used on my place the past 

 year, I think I may be excused from going extensively 

 into detail, because all the important particulars in re- 

 gard to the materials used, the manner of compounding, 

 the crops to which applied, and the results, are given in 

 my statements concerning crops and experiments with 

 manures. 



My farm is small, consisting in all of only about thirty- 

 seven acres. My stock is one horse, five horned cattle, 

 and four swine. I employ two men. My barn-cellar, 

 which is deep, with well pointed w^alls» and a tight plank 

 floor, is the common receptacle for all the dung and 

 urine of my stock, and for the waters from the kitchen. 

 Here I put in much meadow mud and soil, and here my 

 swine live and work. 



Should you turn to my statement of last year, — 

 " Transactions of 1841, page 46, you will find that I 



