124 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Small, or pig corn on do., .... 171 lbs. 



Total, .968 



Weight of sound corn on nine rows of same 



length on the west side, with compost manure, 1,131 

 Small, or pig corn, ...... 44 



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Total, 1,175 



Weight of sound corn in nine rows on east side, 



with compost manure, .... 1,098 " 

 Small, or pig corn, . . . . . . 43 " 



Total, 1,141 



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Here it is plain, that this amount of guano is inferior in its 

 effect on corn to the compost manure. The land selected in 

 the experiments was similar throughout. A query may arise 

 whether an increased quantity of guano would not have made 

 the crop equal to that planted with compost, even diminishing 

 the proportion of pig corn, which was large. Mr. S., however, 

 is of opinion that both guano and super-phosphate of lime are 

 better as top-dressings than for field culture. For the accuracy 

 of the experiments, Mr. S. is a pattern for all farmers. Nothing 

 is so reliable as the weight of the crops in showing results. 



Mr. T.'s enterprise has led him somewhat beyond the use of 

 guano. Repudiating super-phosphate of lime, yet having great 

 confidence in bone as a manure, he has tried the fresh ground 

 bone with satisfactory results. There are those who can see 

 nothing but the lime derived from bone, and who would conse- 

 quently be satisfied with bones that have bleached, till every 

 particle of animal matter has eva}X)rated. Mr. T., by using 

 the fresh bone, derives a benefit from the animal matter, which 

 is not to be overlooked. All know the potency of damaged 

 meat or fish, as a manure ; and whatever there is of this 

 quality in fresh bone, ground, must increase its value over the 

 super-phosphate of lime. 



In August, 1855, Mr. T. applied 300 pounds of guano and 

 500 pounds of ground bone to one acre of ploughed land, and 

 harrowed in with the iron tooth harrow ; sowed hay seed, but 

 it did not start till the rains in September. The hay crop, now 



