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finely headed Herds-grass, in the barn, was only ten months 

 from the seed. 



Some of the experiments of Mr. T. being still unperfected 

 and in progress, can only be alluded to. Thus, on his barley 

 field, he sowed 300 pounds of guano to about two acres, imme- 

 diately after the barley crop was off" last year, and 100 pounds 

 of guano were put upon an acre at the time of sowing barley 

 this year. Perhaps it is asking too much, but if the farmers of 

 the county, when trying some new manure upon a given piece 

 of land, would take the trouble to leave a piece adjoining it where 

 it is not applied, for the important purpose of determining just 

 how much advantage is derived, if successful, or how much loss 

 is sustained if unsuccessful, it Avould not take many years to 

 settle and establish some of the most important facts in the 

 agricultural world. 



But to return. Mr. T.'s experiments with ground bone and 

 guano combined, appear to great advantage upon a two acre 

 lot, a part of which was never ploughed till the fall of 1855. 

 Upon that lot he put 600 pounds of guano and 1,100 pounds of 

 ground bone well mixed. It was harrowed in and sowed down 

 to grass. I saw the stubble on the 20th of September, 1856, 

 and if it had liad forty ox-cart loads of well pulverized barn- 

 yard manure put upon each of those two acres, it could not 

 have looked better. As the hay had not been weighed, the 

 quantity could not be accurately determined. Two tons per 

 acre for the first crop would be a fair estimate. As for the 

 durability of this manure, it promises well. Mr. T. says where 

 applied to trees five years ago, the efl'ect is still to be seen. 



Another two acre lot Mr. T. has dressed with ashes, for which 

 he paid eighteen dollars, with the addition of some barnyard 

 scrapings. After three croppings it still looks vigorous, and as 

 if two or three croppings more would not exhaust it. 



That 300 pounds of guano to the acre is not the maximum 

 quantity which may be safely used, has been shown by Mr. U. 

 upon a crop of onions. He put in 400 pounds per acre before 

 sowing, and from 400 to 500 more after the crop was up — sown 

 broadcast. This fact is furnished by a reliable neighbor of Mr. 

 U. who was unable to state the amount of the crop. 



Mr. V. applied 400 pounds of DeBurg's super-phosphate of 

 lime per acre to corn, planted side by side with the remainder 



