er Henderson.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 1876.

_Mr. Joseph Harris_:

DEAR SIR--If you will refer to my work "Gardening for Profit," New
Edition, page 34, you will get about all the information I possess on
Manures, except that I do not say anything about price. In a general way
it might be safe to advise that whenever _a ton_ (it is always best to
speak of manures by weight) of either cow, horse, hog, or other
stable-manure can be laid on the ground for $3, it is cheaper than
commercial fertilizers of any kind at their usual market rates. This $3
per ton, I think, would be about the average cost in New York, Boston,
or Philadelphia. We never haul it on the ground until we are ready to
plow it in. If it has to be taken from the hog or cattle yards, we draw
it out into large heaps, convenient to where it is to be put on the
land, turning it, to keep it from burning or "fire-fanging," if
necessary. None of our farmers or market-gardeners here keep it under
cover. The expense of such covering and the greater difficulties in
getting at it, for the immense quantities we use, would be greater than
the benefits to be derived from keeping it under cover--benefits, in
fact, which, I think, may be greatly overrated. Very truly yours,

PETER HENDERSON.

Letter from J. M. B. Anderson, Ed. "Canada Farmer," Toronto.

"CANADA FARMER" OFFICE, TORONTO, March 29, 1876.

_J. Harris, Esq._:

DEAR SIR--Yours of the 25th inst. is to hand, and I shall be most happy
to render you any assistance in my power. The work you undertake is in
able hands, and I have every confidence that, when completed, it will
form an invaluable acquisition to the agricultural literature of the
day.

Manure in this city is usually sold by the two-horse load--about 1-1/2
tons--at the rate of $1 per load, or 66 cents per ton. The load contains
just about a cord of manure, consequently a cord will weigh about 1-1/2
tons.

With reference to the general management of manure in Canada, I may say
that the system followed differs in no material respect from that of New
York and the other Eastern States. It is usually kept over winter in the
open barn yard (rarely under cover, I am sorry to say), laid out on the
land about the time of disappearance of last snow, and plowed in. In
some cases it is not carted out until the land is ready for immediate
plowing. With some of our more advanced farmers, the system has lately
been adopted of keeping manure under