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and better crop. One load of leached ashes on our land is 

 worth four loads of common manure; night soil is still more 

 valuable; in New York it is a great commodity; all farmers 

 near large cities buy it to mix with common manure. 



C. H. Lakkin was glad to hear of the use of lime as a fer- 

 tilizer; would like the facts and reasons; why lime put in 

 common manure piles would ruin the whole. 



D. C. ScoFiELD — it burns itself to death; was not worth 

 drawing to field. 



C. H. Lakkin still wanted the facts and the reasons. To 

 travel the same old road every year was a slow way to 

 improve. Had used muck manure; it compared favorably 

 with other manures; the immediate result was good; did not 

 think it lasted as long; but owing to its convenient location 

 in many places its claims should not be ignored by the farmer. 



D. C. ScoFiELD had used muck; his mode was to put in 

 large piles, and when rotten was applied to orchard; it lasted 

 well; was a natural food for plants; was in favor of muck; 

 it was purely vegetable; had used it for onions, which grew 

 four times the usual size, 



Thos. S. Huntley thought to take out green manure was a 

 great saving; it gathers nitre, which is beneficial to plants; 

 all its properties are saved; it was certainly best to draw out 

 fresh; in the East they manure in the hill; could raise ten 

 bushels more corn per acre by this plan than to scatter broad- 

 cast. 



Thos. Bishop thought to let rot in heaps was best; drew 

 all his poor hay and straw into yard; August and September 

 was the time to put upon the land; always tried to make all 

 he could; to draw in heaps in field when help was cheap was 

 economy. 



T. Huntley had put manure in furrows when plowed; was 

 a good plan; also plowed in straw; might not be good in 

 dry season. 



C. H. Larkin had put fresh straw from machine on grass 



