f manure to 29 square feet, or say a space 2 yards long, by
nearly 5 feet wide.

Now, as our ridges are 2-1/2 feet apart, and as our usual plan is to
manure 5 ridges at a time, or 12-1/2 feet wide, a load of 20 bushels
of manure will go over a space 46-1/2 feet long, nearly, or say 15-1/2
yards; and so, a load would make 3 heaps, 15-1/2 feet apart, and there
would be 6-2/3 bushels in each heap.

If the manure is to be spread on the surface of the land, there is no
necessity for placing the heap on the headland. You can make the heap or
heaps. --"Where most convenient," broke in the Deacon. --"No, not by any
means," I replied; "for if that was the rule, the men would certainly
put the heap just where it happened to be the least trouble for them to
draw and throw off the loads."

The aim should be to put the heap just where it will require the least
labor to draw the manure on to the land in the spring.

On what we call "rolling," or hilly land, I would put the heap on the
highest land, so that in the spring the horses would be going down hill
with the full carts or wagons. Of course, it would be very unwise to
adopt this plan if the manure was not drawn from the yards until spring,
when the land was soft; but I am now speaking of drawing out the manure
in the winter, when there is sleighing, or when the ground is frozen. No
farmer will object to a little extra labor for the teams in the winter,
if it will save work and time in the spring.

[Illustration: _Field, 40x20 Rods, showing Position of two Heaps of
Manure, a, a._]

If the land is level, then the heap or heaps should be placed where the
least distance will have to be traveled in drawing the manure from the
heap to the land. If there is only one heap, the best point would be in
the center of the field. If two heaps, and the field is longer than it
is broad, say 20 rods wide, and 40 rods long, then the heaps should be
made as shown on the previous page.

If the field is square, say 40 x 40 rods, and we can have four heaps of
manure, then, other things being equal, the best points for the heaps
are shown in the annexed figure:

[Illustration: _Field, 40x40 Rods, showing Position of four Heaps of
Manure, a, a, a, a._]

Having determined where to make the heaps, the next question is in
regard to size. We make one about 8 feet wide and 6 feet high, the
length being determined by the quantity of the manure we have to draw.
In cold weather, it is well t