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Experiment No. 3, conducted by B. Hale, of Leominster. 



Heavy, moist, retentive soil. Cropped in 1858 with corn, 



manured with ten cords of compost to the acre. First plough- 

 ing, eight inches deep. Crop was spring wheat, manured with 



400 bushels of green cow manure. "Weather not given. 



Experiment No. 4, conducted by W. B. Ilosmer, of Leomin- 

 ster. Light, dry, leachy soil. Cropped in 1858, with Hunga- 

 rian grass, manured with 200 bushels of cow manure. The 

 crop was ploughed in. First ploughing, eight inches deep. Crop 

 was corn, manured with 1,024 bushels of cow manure. Weather 

 was dry through July and a large part of August. 



Experiment No. 5, conducted by S. F. Marsh, of Sturbridge. 

 Heavy, moist, retentive soil. Cropped in 1858 with hay with- 

 out manure. First ploughing, seven inches deep. Crop was 

 potatoes, manured with compost, but the amount not stated. 

 Weather not given. 



