$10 to $15 per year,
the latter sum being high.

From the small or private stables, the manure is generally "lumped"
by private contract, and is largely used about the city. It is hauled
sometimes as much as 10 miles, but usually much less.

But the larger stables often sell per shipment--it is sent by cars up
the Connecticut Valley to Westfield, etc., where it is often hauled
several miles from the railroad or river.

Much manure is sent by boat from New York to the Connecticut Valley
tobacco lands. Boats ("barges") are even loaded in Albany, go down the
Hudson, up the Sound to Connecticut, to various places near Hartford,
I am told. Two or three years ago, a man came here and exhibited to us
pressed masses of manure--a patent had been taken out for pressing it,
to send by R.R. (stable manure). I never heard anything more about
it--and he was confident and enthusiastic about it.

Yours truly,

WM. H. BREWER.

FOOD, INCREASE, MANURE, ETC., OF FATTENING ANIMALS.

The following table is given by Mr. J. B. Lawes, of Rothamsted, England,
showing the relation of the increase, manure, and loss by respiration,
to the food consumed by different animals:

[Transcriber's Note:

The table headers as printed are difficult to interpret. I have given
my best guess about what the author intended.]

250/600/3500 (Oxen):
250 lbs. Oil-cake }
600 lbs. Clover-chaff }
3500 lbs. Swede turnips }
Produce 100 lbs. Increase and supply:
250/300/4000 (Sheep)
250 lbs. Oil-cake }
300 lbs. Clover-chaff }
4000 lbs. Swede turnips }
Produce 100 lbs. Increase and supply:
500 lbs. Barley meal (Pigs)
produce 100 lbs. increase and supply:

(In) Food.
100 I: In 100 lbs. Increase.
(In) Man(ure).
(In) Resp(iration, etc).
100 Total Dry (Substance of Food supply.)
(In) Inc(rease).
Amount (of each constituent) stored (up for 100 of it consumed).

----------------------------------------------------------------------
OXEN.
---------------------+-----------------------++----------------++-----
| 250/600/3500 || 100 Total Dry || A S
+----+-----+-----+------++-----+----+-----++ m t
|Food|100 I| Man.|Resp. || Inc.|Man.|Resp.|| t d.
---------------------+----+-----+-----+------++-----+----+-----++-----
|lbs.| lbs.| lbs.| lbs. || | | ||
N