240 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



verizecl muck. Soapsuds, and other slops, are, from time to 

 time, poured upon the mass. In the spring, the whole is dug 

 over, and carted where it is wanted. For manurial purposes, 

 no use is made of the barnyard. The heat, droughts, and 

 drenching rain storms, forbid its use. 



I have made, the present year, 235 loads of compost manure 

 of excellent quality. 



Statement of Nahum Snell. 



Being a competitor for the society's premium on compost ma- 

 nure, I will state the manner in which I have managed my com- 

 post heap : In the first place, 1 carted about fifty loads of good 

 swamp muck into my barnyard, with litter from the barn. My 

 cattle are kept in the yard dui-ing the pleasant weather in win- 

 ter. I have a barn cellar, in which I keep from four to twenty 

 shoats during the year. I have four horses and eight or ten 

 cattle, which I keep in the barn nights, summer and winter, 

 whose droppings are deposited in the barn cellar, with muck 

 and loam ; also the contents of five vaults, sink-drains, and 

 other refuse materials, which I mix with slacked lime, ashes, 

 and loam, all of which are mixed with my barnyard manure, 

 making a good compost for corn or grass. I have made and 

 carted out, the past year, 307 loads. =< 



INDIAN CORN. 



MIDDLESEX NORTH. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



Four competitors for the society's premiums on corn, have 

 entered their claims in accordance with the rules of the society. 

 We think there were many other fields of corn, within the limits 

 of the society, that yielded as much, and some, probably more, 

 than those entered ; but many farmers hesitate to compete for 

 the premium, thinking it impracticable to grow seventy bushels 



