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of Straw-piles, and he spread these on twenty acres of land, 

 and planted this to corn and made 3,000 bushels of corn. 

 The result was, next season it was better yet. Make all 

 the manure you can. If you have any weeds on the farm, 

 don't burn them, but pile them up and make manure. He 

 wanted his land full of clover all the time ; it was good for 

 everything. No matter if there were some clouds, cure it 

 as best you could ; put it in the barn, if there was no water 

 in it, and it would come out all right. He spread his 

 manure in winter as he drew it out. He never had any 

 trouble about corn ripening in rich land. 



ScOFiELD : Would like to know if corn would ripen 

 as early on manured land as on poorer. 



Bishop : Yes, sir. 



Lawrence: Knew of a man in the state of New 

 York who took poor clay land and manured it until he 

 finally could raise fifty bushels of wheat to the acre. When 

 asked how he did it, he answered, ** With manure, and a 

 little more of it," 



Cahoon: Told of a man who raised cattle. Some 

 one asked him how he kept his pastures in so good 'a con- 

 dition. He said he didn't go and buy more steers every 

 time a fresh blade of grass appeared. Thought that was a 

 good point. Not to skin your pastures too close. 



Thos. Bishop : Thought the aim of manure was to 

 make the land produce more. He knew but little about it, 

 but what manuring he did was on the surface. He some- 

 times ploughed it in. He never kept a field in grass very 

 long. He was always breaking up and always seeding 

 down. He knew but little about artificial manure. Had 



