ON COMPOST I\1ANURE 101 



I have also now ready for spreading, by 

 estimation, of cellar compost, - - 50 loads, 



and of salt ley, - - - 8 " 



The quantity for the year, 419 loads. 



Each load about 30 bushels this year. 



I believe you are furnished in the other statement with 

 all the particulars that you will desire. 



ALLEN PUTNAM. 



Hamilton, Nov. 14, 1842. 



P. S. The cost to me of the bone, barilla, salt ley 

 and salt for the two years, when delivered on the farm, 

 is probably s^l50 to ^160. A. P. 



JOHN CHASE'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Compost Manure : 



Gentlemen — Encouraged by the conditions on which 

 the Society's premium is offered in this very important 

 department of agricultural improvement, viz., the abili- 

 ty of the claimant, I have thought proper to make a 

 statement of the manner and amount of compost I have 

 made the past year, and have now in a state of prepara- 

 tion. My means in a pecuniary point of view are very 

 limited, but I have easy access to meadow mud, w^hich 

 forms the basis of my compost, and which after testing 

 its efficacy for several years, can, without hesitation 

 pronounce it preferable to barn manure. I made the 

 last year 55 loads of 30 bushels in the following man- 

 ner. I kept one cow, two yearlings, one horse, one to 

 three pigs. From eight to twelve inches deep of muck 

 were placed under my cattle and swine, and tv/o feet 

 under my horse, all which w^ere kept constantly bedded 

 with coarse meadow hay, good for nothing else. Have 

 a reservoir that will hold two or three loads, that re- 

 ceive all the soap suds. Make from 100 to 120 bushels 

 of peat ashes; manufacture annually H cords domestic 

 poudrette; put 12 to 15 loads of said muck into my 

 barn yard, which is occasionally stirred with the plough, 

 or otherwise; I throw no manure out of the barn during 



