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Profit of Soiling Cattle. By John Lorain, 

 Read December 11th, 1810. 



Tackoney, 26th November, 1810. 



Sir, 



I have succeeded in soiling and selling the catde 

 mentioned in a former communication, and should your 

 society consider the subject interesting to agriculture, 

 will with pleasure detail the causes of former defeat, and 

 the management which has, and I hope ever will prove 

 successful. — At present, I propose confining myself to 

 some observations on its very superior economy, com- 

 pared with grazing, and to illustrate the subject from 

 the practice of my own farm, shall subjoin the produce 

 of this year, over and above soiling forty cattle and six 

 horses, to wit. 



1730 bushels of potatoes at 35 cents, the 

 prices of this article are very fluctuating, and 

 not always governed by a plentiful or mid- 

 dling crop ; they were rated at the same last 

 year, and sold for more exclusive of riddling, 

 and hauling to market, and a loss sustained 

 by frost, - - . . . % e>06 50 



817 bushels of corn, at 60 cents; this may 

 appear high to some, especially as it will shrink 

 considerably in the crib. I do not sell till the 

 crib is wanted for the new crop, at which time 

 prices on an average are high, - - 490 20 



Carried forward, ^ 1095 70 



