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hills eight inches — one seed in a hill. The seeds proved bad, not more 
than one-third coming up; yet I had 116 bushels of beets; while above 
an acre of the same land, manured v\^ith the best stable manure, at the 
rate of tv^elve cords to the acre, did not produce one hundred bushels* 
Tv^o rov^s of potatoes were planted next the beets ; the land had been 
designed for beets, and was prepared precisely the same. Between 
these two rows, and more than an acre immediately adjoining, {where 
a large quantity of the best barnyard or animal manure was used,) there 
was a very perceptible difference in favor of the former. I also planted 
a few hills of potatoes on very sandy land, in the latter part of June. 
Into the hills I put peat, which had been saturated with lye from the 
bottom of a soap-tub — no lime. The tops of these potatoes, during 
the whole drought, were of the most living green, and the most luxu- 
riant growth that I ever beheld. They were killed by the frost in the 
fall, before maturity — the potatoes were small. 
" In conclusion, I would mention, that I am so well pleased with the 
result of these experiments, on a small scale, that I am now preparing 
one hundred and fifty cords of peat, and fifty casks of Camden lime, 
and all the animal manure I can make, to enrich as fast as possible, 
my whole farm. 
" Expenses — I get out my peat by ox-team and cart. Three men 
can, in this way, get out eight cords per day, $4,00 ; price of lime, 
$1 .50 per cask. My peat being three and a half miles from my barn, 
that portion of it which I bring home, I estimate to cost me, for cart- 
ing, one dollar per cord. The peat and the lime for the compost — us* 
ing one-third of a cask of lime to a cord of peat — there cost me, on the 
ground near the peat bog — three cords of peat, $ 1 . 50 — one cask of 
lime, $1 .50 ; that which I cart home, one dollar per cord more. 
" I intend to put about one-sixth part of animal manure, but as it 
cannot be purchased in any adequate quantity, it is more difficult to fix 
a price. The nearest place where livery stable manure is sold, is four 
miles ; price there, per cord, $3,00 — cost of carting, ,^1 . 50. 
Five cords of peat, delivered, $7 50 
Two and one-third casks of lime, delivered, 3 50 
One cord livery stable manure, do 4 50 
$15 50 
divided by six— the number of cords, not estimating the increase of 
