522 Profit of Soiling Cattle. 



covered with natural grass, and it is well known that cat- 

 tle soon devour an acre of clover nearly run out, or 

 indeed any other thin set grass : however the grounds 

 are open to observation, except about 10 acres of the 

 worst, the greater part of which has been ploughed for 

 spring crops, and between thirteen and fourteen acres 

 top dressed with compost, since cutting the first crop ; 

 but those are not yet so materially altered as to prevent 

 investigation. 



As every thing heretofore advanced has been found- 

 ed on actual experiment, except the capabilities of the 

 grounds to graze the stock, I am sorry that rests on 

 opinion, and consequently stamps some degree of un- 

 certainty, on every conclusion that may be drawn from 

 the whole ; but if this opinion is correct the produce 

 stated above, has been rescued from oblivion by soil- 

 ing, except the hay, which might have been mowed 

 after the stock, as they decreased in number, had they 

 been pastured on the grounds, and the advantage de- 

 rived from their dung often dropped where useless, and 

 seldom where it w^ould be most beneficial. 



An extra produce of 3702 dollars 54 cents, or of 43 

 dollars BS cents per acre, on 85 acres, or of 34 dollars 

 92 cents per acre on the whole 106 acres, appears to 

 demand some attention: and notwithstanding the prices 

 forming this estimate, may be considered too high by 

 many equally near to Philadelphia as myself, and must of 

 course be curtailed to suit remote situations, the intrinsic 

 value of the articles will still remain considerable, and 

 if the numerous acres appropriated to pasture in Penn- 

 sylvania, are in proportion to the soil capable of pro- 

 ducing in the same ratio, soiling is an object of high 



