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" It will be seen that tbe manures were applied in about twice the 

 quantity usually recommended, or at the rate of six hundred pounds to 

 the acre, ihe return of Mapes' super-phosphate of lime was eleven 

 pounds of hay for fifteen pounds of the manure ; De Burg's gave twenty- 

 five pounds ; and the guano forty-five pounds. 



" We had purposed to cut a second crop upon these plots of ground, 

 but the drought has been so severe that it will hardly pay. We had 

 supposed it quite probable, that the effects of the super-phospates would 

 be more manifest upon the second cutting than upon the first, but now 

 (September 1st), the after-math is looking much the best upon the plot 

 treated with guano. It may be that another season will bring number 

 one and two up to a level with number three. 



"It is quite evident that it will pay well to dress old mowing fields 

 with Peruvian guano, but it ought to be applied very early in the spring, 

 and directly after thoroughly harrowing or scarifying the old sod. We 

 got here in the first cutting forty-five pounds of hay for the fifteen pounds 

 of guano, or nearly enough to pay for the manure, which we suppose will 

 improve the yield for at least three or four years to come. In a favora- 

 ble season, we should have had at least a half crop at the second mow- 

 ing, half of which should go to the credit of the guano, making seventy- 

 one pounds of hay for fifteen pounds of guano. 



*' The super-phospates may redeem themselves another year. We 

 shall watch the effect of these manures next season, with considerable 

 interest. 



" Last year, on a red clover patch, super-phosphate was more success- 

 ful than guano. They were spread broadcast on the same day, early in 

 May. AVe did not weigh the quantities applied, nor the quantity of 

 clover produced — we only judged by the eye." 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CINCINNATI HORTICUL 

 TURAL SOCIETY, FOR JANUARY, 1856. 



January 5, 1856. 

 Eegular Meeting. Vice President, J. P. Foote, in the Chair ; J. K. 



Green, Secretary, pro tern. 



After reading and approval of the minutes of the last meeting : 



Mr. Stoms desired an expression of opinion from the society as to the 



merits of Longwortlis Prolijic Strawberry as a fructifier for other 



