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The following letters are from gentlemen whose lands have 
been benefited by the application of salt :— 
Hall Bank, Aspatria, 
3rd December , 1880. 
Dear Sir, —In reply to your enquiry respecting my experience in the 
use of Common Salt as a Manure, I beg to say that I have used it exten¬ 
sively for the last twenty years, having given all the land I occupy frequent 
dressings. 
When applied to pastures, I am thoroughly convinced that it has the 
effect of improving the health of the Stock grazed thereon. I may give 
you a recent example of the beneficial effects :—Having the management 
of a farm in the County of Surrey, a portion of which is coarse pasture, I 
found that Sheep grazed on this particular part of the farm were liable to 
sudden attacks of illness, which always proved fatal in two or three hours. 
On enquiry, I found that little or no Salt had ever been used on the farm, 
consequently I top-dressed the portion alluded to last Spring at the rate 
of six or seven cwts. per acre. I am glad to say that since doing so I 
have not lost a Sheep from the old complaint. 
In my experience I have never observed that the appearance of the 
herbage was altered by the applicatiqn of Salt, but it has a marked effect 
on its character, converting—as it frequently does—unhealthy and innu- 
tritious grasses into healthy and nutritious food.—I am, yours truly, 
William Norman. 
To Mr. Henry Thompson. 
Blennerhasset Farm, Aspatria, 
3rd December , 1880. 
Dear Sir, —In answer to yours, I beg to say that during the first few 
years of my tenancy at Edderside, my cattle were subject to a great 
amount of disease and death from Bedwater, more particularly when the 
animals were depasturing on the mossy part of the farm, where the vege¬ 
tation was of an acid character. Having been recommended to try an 
application of Common Salt, I am pleased to say that the result was an 
entire disappearance of the disease. So convinced am I of the beneficial 
effects of Salt on the health of animals, that I continue to use a quantity 
in combination with Potash Salts along with my Artificial Manures. 
Mr. Thompson. John Twentyman. 
