48 [Assembly 



In the use of manure, Mr. Coleman mixes his stable manure 

 with compost, to which is added a supply of leached ashes. Ho 

 purchased three thousand bushels, the last season, at Waterford, 

 N. T.; the cost of which was 12^ cents per bushel, delivered at 

 his dock. 



The effect of this kind of manuring, may be judged from the 

 fact, that in the year 1851, he raised four acres of winter wheat, 

 producing one hundred and forty bushels ; the same field was 

 sown with timothy grass, and yielded three tons per acre. 

 Adjacent to his house and barnyard, Mr. Coleman has put 

 down a receiving cistern, ten feet long, eight feet deep, and about 

 the same width. The soap-suds and liquid from the kitchen, from 

 the water-closets of the house, and from the stables, are conduc- 

 ted by pipes into this cistern, which is supplied with compost, 

 which affords a powerful manure. 



Adjacent to his garden, he has erected an ice-house, twelve 

 feet high, 'sixteen feet in diameter, laid up in mason work ; it holds 

 forty tons of ice.; the whole is covered with earth, and sodded, 

 and raised into an elegant mound ; the ice is covered with straw. 



His method of feeding stock, is with hay and boiled vegetables ; 

 the hogs are fed with boiled potatoes, turnips, carrots, and stale 

 sea bread, obtained from ships on their return voyages. 



Mr. Coleman employs^ one head gardener, at $25 per month, 

 boarding himself, seven laborers at $10 per month, and board, and 

 one house servant. His cash expenses for labor, are $1,284 per 

 year. The cost of his manure is $700. 



Your committee found Mr. Coleman's farm thoroughly culti- 

 vated and manured ; his buildings were good ; his fences were 

 permanent, inclosing clean fields and luxuriant crops. His fruit 

 trees were thrifty, and well grafted; his grape vines healthy, and 

 promising to yield large crops. The shrubbery was tastefully 

 arranged. The avenues around his premises beautifully laid out, 

 and everything indicated a practical and careful management. 



The cultivation of his farm was in a high state, made so by ju- 

 dicious and scientific husbandry. 



