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2. The nineteen plates have cost, for drawings,.- $679 50 
for engraving, , 1,359 00 
3. The cost for drawing the 750 figs, will be, i,125 00 
for engraving, , 2,250 00 
4. One plate of insects has been paid for, and three plates will not 
require coloring. To color 46 plates will cost, $6,900 00 
5. The letter press and engravings of fruits is already finished ; of 
these plates 43 have been colored and paid for, leaving 50 to be co- 
lored, at a cost of $7,500 00 
6. The 3d volume of agriculture, so far as relates to agriculture 
proper, is printed, (xcept a chapter relating to experiments which I 
have made this winter on the effect of food on the milk of the cow, 
embracing about forty analyses of food, milk and excrement. 
7. The part of the work on insects affecting the interests of farm- 
ers, was put into the hands of the printer last December. One form 
only is printed, as the work was thrown aside in consequence of the 
press of business in the oflfice, I designed to have completed it in 
150 pages, early this spring. It is very desirable that the plates 
should be colored. The engraving has progressed with all desirable 
speed, and the work is executed in a creditable manner. 
Respectfully yours, 
EBENEZER EMMONS. 
many, Feb. 22, 1851. 
Gentlemen^ — I have omitted, in stating the cost of the survey, the 
item which would be placed under the head of salary. I may, how- 
ever, state that I was engaged six months in analyses for my 2d vol., 
which should have been allowed me, as the delay of its publication arose 
from causes beyond my control. The press-work was delayed for want 
of paper, and from press of business. In 1850 I was absent and do not 
count four months of it; but eight months of that year I have been stead- 
ily engaged, but I say six months, ending the 1st of January, 185 1. In 
November I began a series of experiments on the food of cattle, its 
influence on milk, the comparative value of manure arising from dif- 
ferent kinds of food, &c., and have made about forty analyses of food, 
milk and excrements, which are, in my opinion, valuable ; and to 
prepare for them it has cost me, in putting up a proper stable and 
