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easily avoided by using sifted coal ashes, dry soil or 

 other absorbents in addition to acid phosphate. 



83. Cost of horse manure. — Prices paid for horse 

 manure vary considerably. A Long Island market gar- 

 dener is paid over $400 a year to remove the manure daily 

 (except Sunday) from a stable feeding a great many 

 horses. Thus he secures hundreds of tons during the 

 year. Many other Long Island gardeners pay from 25 



FIG. 8. HAULING MANURE NEAR BOSTON 



to 50 cents a load, the loads varying from two to four 

 or more tons each. Boston market gardeners are charged 

 from $1 to $1.50 a load of three to five tons. Cleveland 

 growers pay 25 to 50 cents a load of two tons. Near 

 Philadelphia market gardeners who haul it from the 

 stables pay 25 to 50 cents a load of about two tons. 

 When shipped 10 to 50 miles from Philadelphia the price 

 delivered on the railroad sidings varies from $1.85 to 

 $2.15 a ton. In New Jersey, prices are variable, but with 

 freight charges the cost usually exceeds $2. When dc- 



