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winter. If my cow cannot be kept comfortable by fork- 

 ing it about and dry bedding, a portion of it goes into 

 an apartment in the rear, where my pigs are kept in 

 winter. Early in spring all is thoroughly mixed and 

 turned once or twice before using it. I have witnessed 

 and tried various methods to make the most or best ma- 

 nure from one or two cows. One is, to have the loam 

 or muck at hand, and throw the droppings into a heap 

 in the middle of the yard. By this method you save the 

 dung, but lose the urine of the animals, which I consider 

 of equal value as the other excrements. In short, I 

 endeavor to save all the urine I can, both animal and 

 human. I keep no team; and to buy manure and hire 

 it teamed is more than I can do. If this desultory state- 

 ment should stimulate others to increase their manure 

 heaps, as some may three or four fold, it will not be in 

 vain. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



JOHN CHASE. 

 Andover, Sept. 28, 1842. 



ON FARMS. 



The Committee on Farms regret, that it is not in 

 their power to report so fully on the subject committed 

 to their care, as they wished to have done. But two 

 farms were entered for the premium offered; — and a 

 combination of circumstances, beyond the control of the 

 committee, prevented their united examination of these 

 farms, while the crops were growing. Statements of 

 the produce of these farms have been received, and care- 

 fully examined; — abstracts of which are hereunto an- 

 nexed, marked A. and B. Your committee understand 

 the main purpose of offering these premiums on farms to 

 be, to induce our good farmers to bring forward their 

 methods of cultivation, in a form that other farmers may 

 avail thems.elves of their experience. It is not enough, 

 therefore, to state the amount of their produce, but they 



