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do more than make the general statement, that he has secured favor- 

 ble results — tell the State what is the result in definite numbers, so 

 that every bodj can see 'whether it is a safe and profitable operation 

 or not. 



The two following statements are all that has been received, 

 throwing light on this subject. The first is from Calvin Chamber- 

 lain of Foxcroft, and as will be seen, is a mere general statement of 

 results, and his judgment on the same : 



" For myself, I have this season used no manures except such as 

 have been produced on my own premises. My new barn cellar, in 

 which ray hogs are kept, poultry house, &c., have all been drawn 

 on, I trust to pretty good advantage. 



For the three years before, I have bought and used considerable 

 of Mapes' Imp. Superphosphate of Lime, and I think to greater 

 advantage than I could have taken stable manure at this village, at 

 the prices farmers were paying. But I have arrived at no conclu- 

 sions that are admissible in a report, because not brought to a 

 mathematical demonstration. 



In the use of this phosphate, by the application of a hundred 

 pounds to an acre of grass in April, I have raised the crop of hay 

 from one to fully two tons. By applying it to a part of a field of 

 potatoes, putting it in the hill at the rate of two hundred weight per 

 acre, the potatoes were much benefited ; and the succeeding crop of 

 oats was doubled in straw and grain by the application. 



My 'conclusion' is, that the concentrated fertilizer above named 

 has 'efficacy,' — that it can be used even at this distance from navi- 

 gation with 'utility,' and that no one thing in connection with my 

 business is more fully proved to my mind and settled as a 'fact.' 

 I have had no experience with the other fertilizers to be had in the 

 market." Yours, truly, 



Calvin Chamberlain. 



The writer of the following statement is one of two minor sons of 

 the late William G. Clark, Esq., of Sangerville. Their statement 

 coincides entirely with the experience of the writer of this report, 

 and he can only regret that he has not more definite statements to 

 make, on account of the loss of his memoranda of weights and 

 measures, in his experiments. Mr. Clark was a very intelligent 



