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for transportation ; and the very sewers of Philadel- 

 phia, New York, and Boston, will empty themselves 

 into the country, as those of London and Paris are 

 now doing. 



354. Whether the farmer can yet purchase and 

 transport his manures from a distance with remune- 

 rating returns, is for him to decide. He should read 

 his agricultural papers ; he should be awake on the 

 subject, and when it is proved to his sober judgment, 

 that these manures will increase his annual profits, he 

 should use them. 



355. Till then, let him husband his home resources. 

 On these, as what I consider his great if not his only 

 resources, I have thought proper to dwell. In doing 

 so, I have touched upon topics which, to the fastidious, 

 may seem out of good taste. To me nothing seems in. 

 had tastej or undignified^ which can, by possibility, ad- 

 vance the great interest of agriculture. 



356. With regard to the home means for recruiting 

 lands, the rule is, that nothing be lost. Let but this be 

 carried out, and our farms will be fertile. Almost 

 every farm affords the means of increasing its own 

 fertility, if they can only be applied. Correct pro- 

 cedure, in this respect, cannot fail of its reward. The 

 farmer who fails here, I repeat, will fail throughout; and 

 the one who manages this matter rightly^ WILL SUCCEED. 

 Heave up your peat, your swamp muck, your rich 

 loam, if you have notliing better; have it always in 

 readiness, improving by age; use it everywhere OQ 



