MY OWN I'L.VV OF M.V.\A<,IN«l MANUKB. 9l 



Bhould bo iiislrurUd, too, to l)rr;ik up tin- lump-:, and mix tlic ma- 

 nurr, workini: it ovi.-r until it is loosi- uid tiiu-. li lliere arc any 

 Irozrn nia.ssi-s of inanur*-, place tlu m on the east or south outsiiie, 

 Hnd not in the inidille of tlie heap. 



If there is any manure in the sheds, or basements, or cellars, or 

 piir-pens, clean it out, and draw it at onee to the pile in tiie field, 

 iDil mix it with tiie manure you are drawing from the heap in 

 the yard 



Wc generally driw with two teams and three waijons. We 

 have one man to Mil the wairon in the yard, and two men to drive 

 and unload When tlic man comes back from the field, he places 

 his empty waijon by the sidj of tiie heap in the yard, and takes 

 oir the horses and puts tlu-m to the loaded wagon, and drives to 

 the heap in the field. If wc have men and teams enough, we 

 draw with three teams and three wagons. In this case, we put a 

 rolial)le man at the heap, who helps the driver to unload, and sees 

 that the heap is built properly. The driver helps the man in the 

 yanl to load up. In the former plan, we have two teams and three 

 men ; in the latter cjuse, we have three teams and five men, and as 

 we have two men loadim: and unloading, instead of one, we ought 

 to draw out double th<' tiuiintily of manure in a day. If the 

 weather is cold and windy, we ])Ul the blankets on the horses un- 

 dei the harness, so that they will not l)C chilled while standing at 

 the heap in the yard or field. They will trot back lively with the 

 empty wagon or sleigh, and the work will proceed briskly, and 

 the manure be less exposed to the cold. 



" You do not," said the Doctor, " draw the manure on to the heap 

 with a cart, and dump it. as I have seen it done in England V" 



I did so a few years ago, and might do so again if I was piling 

 manure in the spring, to be kept over summer for use in the fall. 

 The compression caused by drawing the cart over the manure, has 

 a tendency to exclude the air and thus retard fermentation. In 

 the winter there is certainly no necessity for resorting to any 

 means for checking fermentation. In the spring or summer it may 

 be well to compress the heap a little, but not more, I think, than 

 can be done by the trampling of the workman in spreading the 

 manure on the heap 



" You do not," saiti the Doctor, " adojit the old-fashioned English 

 plan of keeping your manure in a basin in the barn-yard, and yet 

 I should think it has some advantages." 



