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sandy — just the kind to be benefited most by manure 

 and lime. 



Isaac Pullen,' nurseryman, thinks lime is injurious to 

 peach trees, but that they are greatly benefited by ma- 

 nure. They always do the best upon new land. 



Bonedust for Buckwheat, at the rate of two and a half 

 bushels to the acre, Mr. P. says will beat any other ma- 

 nure he ever saw used, of the same cost. If the season 

 is good for growth of straw, three bushels will make it 

 fall down. With an application of only two and a half 

 bushels upon an acre of land, so very poor that it would 

 not produce four bushels of corn to the acre, he got 40 

 bushels of buckwheat. 



Sivamp-Muck Manure. — About four miles from Allen- 

 town, I spent a night with Mr. Forman Hendrickson, 

 from whom I learned something of the value of peat or 

 swamp muck. Upon three acres, he put 35 big loads of 

 muck and 50 bushels of unslacked lime, and made 25 

 bushels of wheat to the acre. Some muck will do very 

 well just as it is dug, and some must have lime mixed 

 with it, or it is of little value. In one experiment, last 

 summer, he saw no difference in his wheat crop between 

 manure, guano, and muck; but upon the part manured 

 with muck, the grass was much the best. His usual 

 course is to dig and pile his muck and mix lime with it. 

 His neighbor, Ezekiel Coombs, who is one of the most 

 successful users of muck in the state, pursues this course : 

 He bought a worn-out farm a few years ago upon credit, 

 and by use of muck, has paid for it, besides erecting good 

 buildings. The crops mentioned in the January number 

 of the Agriculturist, of Mr. John L. Hendrickson,^ were 



^ Isaac Pullen, son of Francis and Effie (Breece) Pullen, passed 

 his entii-e life in East Windsor Township, Mercer County. For a 

 time followed the cooper's trade, ultimately abandoning it for the 

 nursery business, in which he was one of the pioneers in New 

 Jersey. At the time of his death was one of the most extensive 

 nurserymen in the state. Served three times as a member of the 

 state legislature. Married Jane Hewlett and had nine children. 

 Lee, Francis B. (ed.), Genealogical and Personal Memorial of 

 Mercer County, New Jersey (New York and Chicago, 1907). 



*See "Swamp Muck, or Peat, as a Fertilizer," 9:17. 



