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satisfactorily to account for some of these discrepancies, and therefore, 

 recommend tliat tlie experiments be tried again upon the same soil. 

 It will, however, be noticed in some of the crops, especiallj'- the 

 carrot, that leached ashes, potash, guano, and the super-phosphate of 

 lime were a cheap and an efficient manure, when compared with the 

 barnyard compost. 



The experience in relation to guano and the super-phosphate of lime, 

 is so generally in their favor, as to attest to their value, not only as 

 to their immediate but as to their permanent benefit. But your Com- 

 mittee are of opinion, that if these are applied in the hill, they 

 should be previously compounded with muck or loam and thoroughly 

 mixed with the soil, to prevent them from destroying the germ and 

 tender root when the seed first vegetates. 



All of which is respectfully submitted by 



Maeshali, p. Wildee, ) ^ .,, 

 J. A. jNasii, ) 



Farmer s Report of Crops on State Farm at WestiorougJi, 1855. 



PEAS. 



One-fourth acre, sown April 6, and manured as follows : — 

 One-eighth acre, fifty pounds Mapes' super-phosphate of lime, 



applied in drill. Product, 8 bushels. One-half "Washington and 



one-half Marrowfat. 



One-eighth acre, fifty pounds De Eurgs' super-phosphate of lime, 



applied as above. Product, 7^ bushels. Same kind of peas. 



POTATOES. 



Chenangoes, one-half acre, planted April 27. Three-sixteenths acre 

 manured with one hundred pounds Mapes' super-phosphate of lime. 

 Product, 20 bushels, and of good quality ; or, lOGf bushels to the acre. 



Three-sixteenths acre, manured with one hundred pounds De Burgs' 

 super-phosphate of lime. Product, 21^ bushels, good quality; or, 

 114f bushels per acre. 



Two-sixteenths acre, manured with two hundred pounds Gould's 

 muriate of lime, at half a cent per pound. Product, 9^- bushels fair 

 quality, or 76 bushels to the acre. All m.anure applied in the hill. 



St. Helena potatoes, seven and one-fourth acres, on land hired of 

 T. A. Smith. Product, 928 bushels. 



[JVo^e by Committee. — This land was divided into fifteen different 

 lots for the purpose of making experiments with various fertilizers. 

 These were so unsatisfactory, owing in part to the inequality of the 

 soil, but more perhaps to the causes alluded to, that the Committee 



