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because of the easy transportation by those roads. It is well 

 known that the mushrooms are delicious, and the eatable ones 

 perfectly wholesome. 



CULTIVATION • OF MUSHROOMS IN NEW-YORK- 



With an acre of ground they can raise no less than 80 quarts 

 of mushrooms a day, or 29,200 quarts a year, at 36 cents a quart, 



would give, _.' $10,512 



From which there would be to take, for rent of house 



and ground abont _ $400 



For manure and compound, 500 



For two working men, 730 



For keeping of two horses,. _ 400 



$2,030 



Clear profit, . $8,482 



The expenses of establishment would be of about $1,500 — 

 $1,200 to make covered trenches and $300 for two horses and a 

 wagon. 



To Make the Experiment. 

 With about $50 worth of boards and posts they could make a 

 curved trench to raise from 20 to 30 quarts of mushrooms a day; 

 they could raise in five months about 4000 quarts, at 36 cents a 



quart, would give, _ $1,440 



The expenses would be, for rent of the ground about, $30 

 For manure and comj)ound, comprising the transpor- 

 tation of manure, about 150 



For boards and posts, 50 



• • $230 



There would be a profit of,_ $1,210 



Mr. Meigs had devoted much time to the examination of the 

 subject of Agricultural Colleges. The original incitement to such 

 establishments was chiefly owing to the remarkable system of 

 Von Thayer, some fifty years ago. The French academy has 

 recently employed a competent person to examine the agricultu- 

 ral schools, experimental farms, &c., of Europe. He reported in 

 an octavo volume the result of his examination. When Von 

 Thayer died it appears that the great school almost expired also 



