100 ON COMPOST 1\1ANURE. 



was a year ago, prepaiing to make compost more exten- 

 sively than is usual. There it is estimated that my 

 quantity on hand prepared for use was 117 loads, and it 

 is stated that I had actually applied, that season, 112 

 loads, of 35 bushels each. My farmer's journal, (for he 

 puts down each night the day's work), his journal shows 

 that since the 1st of December last, I have applied 



Salt ley (or soapers' waste) and soil, as a 

 top dressing on grass lands, - - 113 loads. 



The same kind of compost with 15 bush- 

 els of bone, and one box of scum, or sedi- 

 ment from sugar refining, (mostly bone 

 black), used oh grain, - - - 40 " 



iMeadow mud, 9 bushels bone, and 4 of 

 salt on rye for fesd, - - - 20 " 



Compost for corn, (particulars in state- 

 ment on corn crop), - - - 64 " 



Compost, my barn cellar compost, for 

 carrots, - ■'' - - ~ 19 " 



Compost, do. for sugar beets, - - 3 " 



Compost, that from the cellar, much di- 

 luted with meadow mud, and spiced with 

 200 lbs. of meat, and 100 bushels of barilla 

 ashes, - - - - 23 " 



Compost, barn cellar, for garden, - 3 " 



" " " for corn. 



Sowed corn and potatoes, - - 17 " 



Compost, barn cellar, with lime, plaster, 

 salt, and bone, (for squashes), - - 4 " 



Compost, for ruta bagas — soil, meadow 

 mud and sand. Also, salt ley and bone, 



(particulars in ruta baga crop), 



Compost, barn cellar, for do. 



Composts, for experimental lot, (see that 

 statement), 



These were used in winter and spring. 

 In August, salt ley on land that 1 was 

 seeding down to grass. - - - 



Actually applied since Dec. 1, 



