SECRETARY'S REPORT. 13 



Brief answers to each of the following questions should be inserted, 

 and this circular sent to Charles L. Flint, Secretary of the Board of 

 Agriculture, Boston, Mass., on or before the loth of November next. 



1. Is the soil a light or heavy one? 



2. Is it dry or moist in its general character ? 

 8. Is it leachy or retentive of manures ? 



4. What was the crop of 1858 ? 



5. What kind and how much manure was used in 1858 ? 



6. What is the size of the field covered by this experiment ? 



7. How deep was the first ploughing? 



8. What kind of manure or fertilizer was used, and how many bushels 

 or pounds for the four lots ? 



9. What was the kind of crop ? 



10. When and how was it planted or sown ? 



11. How many times, and in what manner, was it cultivated? 



12. When was the crop harvested? 



13. What was the weight of grain, roots or other primary product on 

 an average rod on plot No. 1 ? 



Do. do. do. No. 2 ? 



Do. do. do. No. 3 ? 



Do. do. do. No. 4 ? 



Do. do. do. No. 5 ? 



14. If there was a double product, as grain and straw, corn and 

 stover, &c, what was the weight of the secondary product on plot No. 1 ? 



Do. do. do. do. do. No. 2 ? 



Do. do. do. do. do. No. 3 ? 



Do. do. do. do. do. No. 4? 



Do. do. do. do. do. No. 5 ? 



If it is more convenient to weigh the wdiole crop instead of estimating 

 it by an average rod, there will be no objection to such a course. 



Please give a brief synopsis of the weather for each of the following 

 months, by dividing each month into three parts, and using the terms? 

 dry, moist, and wet, to indicate the general character of the weather. 



FIRST THIRD. MIDDLE THIRD. LAST THIRD. 



May, 



June, 



July, 



August, 



September, 



Inasmuch as all the results of an experiment of this character cannot 

 be fully determined in a single season, it is desirable that the land thus 



