330 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Its action on the soil will be to prepare it for subsequent crops, 

 and after the sugar is extracted it will furnish as much stock 

 feed as an acre of hay, and to keep more stock and make more 

 manure. 



At the present time our farmers purchase enormous quanti- 

 ties of fertilizers. They transport manure by rail long dis- 

 tances, much of it from beyond the Hudson, at an expense of from 

 $10 to |15 per cord. Peruvian guano and the manufactured 

 phosphates are much used, and ashes when they can be ob- 

 tained. With the changes indicated in the soil to be cultivated, 

 the increase in the variety of our crops, the adoption of a more 

 rational rotation, and the influx of such quantities of fertilizing 

 materials, we can have reason to believe that our agriculture 

 will be abundantly prosperous ; that although our cultivated 

 acres may not increase, yet their aggregate products will be 

 greatly enhanced, yielding still larger and more satisfactory 



profits to our cultivators. 



Levi Stockbridge. 



The paper was accepted and ordered to be printed. 



Dr. Loring then submitted a report as delegate to the Deer- 

 field Valley Agricultural Society. 



The various reports of the Delegates and of Committees on 

 essays not previously acted upon, were then taken from the table, 

 read a second time by their titles and adopted. 



Voted, That any unfinished business be referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Printing, with full power. 



The Board then adjourned. 



