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and better crop. One load of leached ashes on our land is 
worth four loads of common manure; night soil is still more 
valuable; in New York it is a great commodity; ail farmers 
near large cities buy it to mix with common manure. i 
C. H. Larkin was glad to hear of the use of lime as a fer¬ 
tilizer; would like the facts and reasons; why lime put in 
common manure piles would ruin the whole. 
D. C. Scofield —it burns itself to death; was not worth 
drawing to field. 
C- H. Larkin still wanted the facts and the reasons. To 
travel the same old road every year was a slow way to 
improve. Had used muck manure; it compared favorably 
with other manures; the immediate result was good; did not 
think it lasted as long; but owing to its convenient location 
in many places its claims should not be ignored by the farmer. 
D. C. Scofield had used muck; his mode was to put in 
large piles, and when rotten was applied to orchard; it lasted 
well; was a natural food for plants; was in favor of muck; 
it was purely vegetable; had used it for onions, which giew 
four times the usual size. 
Thos. S. Huntley thought to take out green manure was a 
great saving; it gathers nitre, which is beneficial to plants; 
all its properties are saved; it was certainly best to draw out 
fresh; in the East they manure in ihe hill; could raise ten 
bushels more corn per acre by this plan than to scatter broad¬ 
cast. 
Tiios. Bishop thought to let rot in heaps was best; drew 
all his poor hay and straw into yard; August and September 
was the time to put upon the land; always tried to make all 
he could; to draw in heaps in Held when help was cheap was 
economy. 
T. Huntley had put manure in furrows when plowed; was 
a good plan; also plowed in straw; might not be good m 
dry season. 
C. H. Larkin had put fresh straw from machine on grass 
