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bags of Stockbridge fertilizer, prepared and sold by Bowker 

 & Co., at a cost of fifteen dollars. 



Lot No. 3, containing one-fourth of an acre, had no fer- 

 tilizer whatever. 



Lot No. 4, which also contained one-fourth of an acre, I 

 manured with good quality cow-manure at the rate of seven 

 cords per acre, valued at seven dollars per cord. It was 

 spread on after ploughing, and harrowed in, as were the other 

 fertilizers. The land was planted with corn May 20. 



The cultivation was the same on the whole field, and the 

 natural quality of the land as much alike as possible, being a 

 gravelly subsoil, not subject to drought or wet; would be 

 called good corn land. The corn was cut and slooked Sept. 

 15, and remained in stook until Nov. 11, when it was husked 

 and weighed, being quite dry. Seventy-two pounds of ears 

 yielded fifty-six pounds of shelled corn. 



Lot No. 1 produced 2,193 pounds of ears (equal to 30jYo 

 bushels of shelled corn) and 1,975 pounds of stover. 



Lot No. 2 produced 2,210 pounds of ears, or 30^6^9^ bushels 

 shelled corn, and 2,000 pounds of stover. 



Lot No. 3 produced 710 pounds of ears, or 9^^^ bushels 

 shelled corn, and 645 pounds of stover. 



Lot No. 4 produced 985 pounds of ears, or '^^y^^ bushels 

 shelled corn, and 1,136 pounds stover. 



Cost of cultivation per acre is as follows: Ploughing, 

 $1.75 ; harrowing, 75 cents ; planting, ^1.50 ; cultivating 

 three times at 75 cents, $2,25 ; hand-weeding, $1 ; cutting 

 and stooking, $4 ; husking, $3 ; carting in stover, $Z ; total, 

 117.25. 



For convenience, I propose to reduce the results of the expe- 

 riments to an acre each lot, and summarize them as follows : — 



Lot No. 1, fertilized with Darling's animal fertilizer, pro- 

 duced 60j^Q bushels shelled corn, at a cost of 52 cents per 

 bushel ; in 1877, on same lot and with same fertilizer, cost 

 39 cents per bushel. 



Lot No. 2, fertilized with Stockbridge fertilizer, produced 

 ^-^tVo bushels, at a cost of 50^9_ cents per bushel ; in 1877, 

 on same lot, with same fertilizer, cost 62i cents per bushel. 



Lot No. 3, with no fertilizer of any kind, produced 39| 

 bushels, at a cost of 11^ cents per bushel. 



Lot No. 4, fertilized with cow-manure, produced 53 bush 

 els, at a cost of 85 cents per bushel. 



