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same weight, had been fed under a close shed for 30 days of 

 the previous winter upon clover cut and cured in good 

 order, before blossoming, with one pound of corn per head, 

 per day. 200 Ibs. of clover-hay were fed each day, or 4 Ibs. 

 per head. The shed was bedded four inches deep with cut 

 straw before the feeding began. The clover was eaten up 

 closely. Here were fed 6,000 Ibs. of clover-hay, or 5,160 

 Ibs. of dry clover, and 1,5&0 Ibs. of corn, or 1,296 Ibs., de- 

 ducting water. Placing this upon one acre, it gives the 

 excrement of 40.84 Ibs. of dry substance of food to the rod ; 

 or it will give to the acre 130 Ibs. of nitrogen, 119 Ibs. of 

 potash, and 40 Ibs. of phosphoric acid, not counting the 

 cut straw used for bedding. It is proper to state, that the 

 sheep fed upon the green clover gained 3M Ibs. per head, 

 per week, while those in the shed only gained 2% Ibs. per 

 week. 



The experiment to show the effect of the manure was 

 conducted thus : When the acre was fed over with sheep 

 to clover and corn-meal, this acre was plowed, June 21st, 

 five inches deep, preparatory for winter wheat ; and the 

 manure from the shed was hauled upon the adjoining acre, 

 and this was plowed to the same depth. About the 20th 

 of July each acre was plowed again six inches deep, and 

 afterwards thoroughly worked with cultivator and harrow, 

 and wheat drilled in August 25th. Grass-seed was sown 

 with Hhe wheat. Result: The acre fertilized by feeding 

 clover and corn-meal upon it yielded 30 bushels of wheat, 

 the acre with the shed manure 25 bushels. The grass crops 

 which followed were considerably better upon the former 

 acre for two successive years, after which the difference was 

 not perceptible. 



This experiment showed very strongly in favor of feeding 

 the animals upon the land to be fertilized. We may say, 

 however, that when applying fresh the excrement of ani- 

 mals taken from a water-tight receptacle, where both solid 



