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2d, To wheel or throw out the solid parts of the manure, and 

 to have a drain for carrying the liquid into a tank, where it can 

 be pumped on to the heap of manure in the yard. Where many 

 horses or sheep are kept, and only a few cows, this plan can often 

 be used to advantage, as the heap of manure in the yard, consist- 

 ing of horse-manure, sheep-manure, and a small porlion of cow- 

 dung, will be able to absorb all the urine of the cows. 



3d. To use sufficient bedding to absorb all the urine in the sta- 

 ble. In my own case, as I have said before, we usually chaff all 

 our straw and stalks. The orts are used for bedding, and we also 

 use a little dry earth or, to be more exact, I use it when I attend 

 to the matter myself, but have always found more or less trouble 

 in getting the work done properly, unless I give it personal atten, 

 tion. To use " dirt'' to keep the stable clean, is. not a popular plan 

 in this neighborhood. Where there is an abundance of straw, and 

 especially if cut into chaff, the easiest way to keep the stable clean, 

 and the cows comfortable, is to use enough of this chaffed straw 

 to absorb all the liquid. Clean out the stable twice a day, and 

 wheel the manure directly to the heap, and spread it. 



In regard to the application of manure on a dairy-farm, we have 

 seen what Harris Lewis does with his. JL also wrote to T. L. Har- 

 ison, Esq., of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. ; and knowing that he is 

 not only a very intelligent farmer and breeder, but also one ot our 

 best agricultural writers, 1 asked him if he had written anything 

 on the subject of manures. 



"St. Lawrence Co.," said the Deacon, "produces capital grass, 

 oats, and barley, but is, 1 should think, too far north for winter 

 wheat; but what did Mr. Harison say?" Here is his letter: 



" I never wrote anything about manure. Catch me at it ! Nor 

 do I know anything about the management of barn-yard manure 

 worth telling. My own practice is dictated quite as much by con- 

 venience as by considerations of economy." 



" Good," said the Deacon ; " he writes like a sensible man." 



u My rotation," he continues, "is such that the bulk of the ma- 

 nure made is applied to one crop ; that is, to my hoed crops, corn, 

 potatoes, and roots, in the second year. 



" The manure from the stables is thrown or wheeled out under 

 tlie sheds adjoining, and as fast as it becomes so large a quantity 

 as to be in the way, or whenever there is an opportunity, ii is 

 hauled out to the field, where it is to be used, and put in large 

 piles. It is turned once, if possible, in the spring, and then spread. 



