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in the hill, and got a large crop of corn, but a larger one of 

 stalks. Another informs ns that he mixed in the same way, 

 spread and ploughed in, and his crop came forward a little 

 slower than the other, but was about equally good. 



Another broke up four acres of pasture overgrown with moss 

 and huckleberry bushes, used six hundred pounds of Peruvian 

 and twelve hundred weight of Mexican guano, laid the land 

 down to grass without grain, and at the first mowing had at 

 least one ton of good hay to the acre. 



Another spread six hundred pounds of Peruvian guano on 

 two acres of exhausted mowing land, and cut between two and 

 three tons. Several repeated this experiment with similar 

 results. In one case, the farmer, with less than his usual good 

 judgment, scattered the guano unmixed, and without crushing 

 the lumps. There was a good deal of waste and loss, but still 

 he was more than paid for the cost of the guano, by the 

 increased crop of grass. It is commonly thought advisable to 

 mix guano with rich mould or mud, several weeks before using, 

 and to shovel it over three or four times, keeping it well covered. 



Another farmer laid down his land with winter rye, used 

 tliree hundred pounds of guano to the acre, and had a very 

 large crop. Others lay down their land with grass, and for four 

 years get from a ton to a ton and a half of good hay per acre, 

 without further dressing. A case of this kind was reported in 

 our Transactions two years ago. The writer of that report 

 laid down three acres to grass last fall, using three hundred 

 pounds of guano per acre, with the very best success. For six 

 years he has used it with corn, grass and garden vegetables, 

 and always, as he believes, profitably, although there are but 

 few men in the county who have so large a quantity of barn- 

 yard manure. 



During the past summer, T. Clarke, Esq., of Yfalpole, 

 reclaimed two acres of wet meadow. One acre was manured 

 with three hundred pounds of guano, the other with five cords 

 of the best stable and barnyard manure. The grass seed has 

 come up equally well in both. There is no perceptible differ- 

 ence in the appearance. But the manure in one case, cost 

 about ten dollars, in the other, about twenty-five dollars. 



Similar instances, too numerous to be detailed, seem to show 

 that guano is available in many different soils, and for various 



