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per acre, besides receiving nearly all the expenses himself, 

 he having clone the work. 



From a large number of estimates, the average cost of 

 production without manure is $5 50 per acre. Of course 

 this estimate is for ordinary culture without manures. We 

 have added to show what can be spent in manures with 

 profit a list of profits and expenses. They are compiled 

 from various agricultural essays and purport to be trust- 

 worthy. It will be seen by these reports that the man who 

 uses manure unsparingly, receives ample returns. 



J. J. Flint, 3} acres, 600 bushels, value $450; fodder and 

 and stalks $124. Total, $574. Expenses, $329 50, in- 

 cluding $192 for manure. Net profit, $244 50, or $65 20 

 per acre. 



Joseph Goodrich, one acre, lllj bushels corn and two 

 tons roughness. Cost of production, $70 75, including 

 $39-25 for manure. Stable manure, compost, plaster and 

 superphosphate applied. 



James Carter, one acre, 11 1J bushels corn and three tons 

 roughness. Cost, $49 50 including $27 00 for manure, 18 

 loads compost, and a small handful of superphosphate in 

 each hill. 



William Morris, one acre, 90 5-7 bushels, corn expense 

 $93 58, of which $58 50 is for manure. Plowed half of 

 the land in November, and the other half in April. Re- 

 sults from both pieces just the same. These results from 

 the efiects of manure on corn might be multiplied indefi- 

 nately, but enough are given to establish the good effect of 

 manures. Still a farmer should not go manure-mad and 

 spend the product of the whole place in manure. Rather 

 let him try to recuperate his land by proper rotation and 

 frequent seeding down to clover. This is, at last, the cheap- 

 est, most convenient, and most universal manure in the 

 reach of farmers. Any man who will establish a system of 

 regularity in making a manure heap, will be astonished at 

 the result of a few minutes regular labor each day in build- 



