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gfas8, red and white clover, and I have thoupi^ht a great part of 

 the seed took root and increased the crop. About four or five 

 years after this I weighed and sold the hay for one year, which 

 amounted to about four tons to an acre. The hay has been 

 weighed about two or three difterent seasons since, with an in- 

 terval of two or three years, and I think it has averaged over 

 four tons per acre including the second crop. 



For the last fifteen years I have been improving this tract 

 and sonae other mowing and tillage land, in all about ten acres, 

 about five of which is high, and has been ploughed and cultiva- 

 ted occasionally and manured from the above mentioned heap. 



In the spring of 1819, 1 built a shed adjoining my barn over 

 my dung heap twenty feet wide and forty feet long, (as I 

 ©ould not have a cellar conveniently) and closed it with a fence, 

 to which 1 have since chiefly transferred my materials for ma- 

 nure. 



This shed carries off much of the snow and water from the 



poof of the barn, and protects the heap from the sun, wind and 



rain, and leaves it much stronger and better ; and I think a 



cheap shed might be so constructed over every man's barn win^ 



dows, where they throw out the manure, to keep the droppings 



of the eaves, sun, wind, &c. from injuring it, and may be so 



constructed as to be more convenient and less labour in general 



than a cellar, and a few hogs will help the manure as well as 



collect from the green weeds, &c. a part of their food. 



With respect and esteem. 



Your very humble servant, 



BENJAMIN T. REED, 

 Hon. Timothy PicKERme, 



President of Essex Jlgriciiltural Society. 



Abstract of the Communication of Am Andreu'i^ Esq. on Manur^i. 



Mr. Andrews remarks, that the barn yard should be proportion- 

 ed to the farmer's stock, and dishing iri its form. He considers 

 oi)e year i» be necessary in jjoing tW''o«gh the process f«r mak- 



