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lbs. — in September, four hundred and ninety-nine and a half lbs. 

 — in October, four hundred and seventy-two and a half lbs. — and 

 in November, two hundred and seventy-six lbs. 



The manure was all shoveled over in August, each year, ex- 

 cept that spread in May. I spread in May, to try the experiment; 

 most people spread early. I think May is too late to spread be- 

 fore haying. I am satisfied, from my past and present experience, 

 that September, as a general rule, is the best month to spread 

 manure for grass. I think one cause for that spread in Novem- 

 ber being so much smaller, was owing to the worms eating it 

 more than the rest : or else the manure caused that, spread early, 

 to start more last year. I should think, where there was no 

 manure spread, my crop of hay was one third less than where 

 the manure was spread in November. 



Middleborough, October 16, 1846. 



William H. Adams's Slatem,ent. 



In the management of my stable manure, I have thought it 

 best to use that kind of soil with manure that would apply best 

 to my land. Most of my land being low, swamp land, I have 

 taken my soil from high, loamy land, in the proportion of two 

 or three loads of soil to one of manure. Where I have yarded 

 my cows this season, I covered the ground three or four inches 

 deep with soil, using the same kind of soil that I did with my 

 stable manure. I have thrown up my manure almost every day 

 into piles, mixing in soil. This keeps it from drying up, and 

 well pays the expense. The amount of stock on the place has 

 been eight horses, fourteen cows, and twelve hogs. This has 

 not been the number all the time, but I think it will average 

 that. The number of loads carried out since last spring, amounts 

 to three hundred and seventy-three loads and thirty-nine feet. 



Bridgewater, Oct. lAth, 1846. 



