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Manure in or on the Soil. —J. P. Downey, before 
the N. Y. Farmers’ Club, detailed the following expe¬ 
riment. Land was plowed nine inches deep and the 
manure spread in the bottom of each furrow during the 
operation. On another piece, the manure was spread 
after plowing and well harrowed in. On the ground 
where the manure was deeply buried, the corn was 20 
per cent heavier. 
This result is erroneously ascribed to the ascent of 
the buried manure. Manure nearly always remains in 
the soil just where it is put, except where the soluble 
parts are carried off by the currents of water beneath 
the surface, or where the volatile parts pass off by be¬ 
ing too near or at the surface. In the above mention¬ 
ed experiment, the roots of the corn extending several 
inches downwards, were conveniently fed by the manure 
buried in the furrow, while the rest of the crop only re¬ 
ceived the benefit of the surface manure while the plants 
were very young and the roots short. 
A Bale of Cotton is 400 lbs., no matter how large 
or small the bundles may be in which it is laken tQ 
market. 
