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partitions, to enable the recently made urine to be preserved 
until it is neutralized. But where is there a homestead 
which has all these conditions fulfilled ? The total loss in 
England has been estimated at one-third of the value of 
the whole manure made, and this at £21,000,000, or the 
loss at £7,000,000 annually ! If landlords were to have 
their yards constructed as above-mentioned, a tenant farmer, 
whatever might be his ignorance of manures, would be 
compelled to empty these reservoirs to get rid of the nui- 
sance, and his prejudice would soon be dispelled by the 
benefit derived from the use of liquid manure. If chemistry 
teaches any thing valuable to agriculture, it is the above 
sug-gestion ; and if it be true " That the chief art of agri- 
*' culture depends upon the collection and preservation of 
" those manures which contain ammonia in the greatest 
" quantity," surely this ought to be done, and that by land- 
lords. A landlord will loudly complain if a tenant sows two 
or three white crops in succession, while he will permit the 
same tenant to lose one half of his manure, — or rather he 
will not make his homestead in a condition to collect and 
preserve it ; forgetting that the effect is the same in both 
cases, viz., a direct robbery of the land of its manures. 
If horned cattle were made a greater object of attention on 
the Wolds, much benefit would result from themo The 
Wolds are decidedly adapted for sheep, but these always 
thrive best when the pastures are not wholly stocked by 
them. The grass is more equally eaten by a mixture of 
cattle. Besides which, to obtain the largest supply of good 
manure ought to be an object of the first importance to every 
farmer. " To the lover of agriculture," says Mr. Howard in 
" his excellent report of Wauldby farm, it is really melan- 
" choly to see the waste of straw on the Wolds, probably 
" the produce of 200 to 300 acres of land. A farm-yard 
" well stocked with cattle and pigs, supplied to a moderate 
