To the Agricultural Society. i^y 



marl under ; and four or five days after, committed the feed, 

 much damaged by the winter — Return of the two acres, about 

 forty-four bufhels. As foon as convenient, turned the flubble 

 down, and after two other ploughings" fowed the feed the 

 firfl of October, 1792, damaged again by the winter, but 

 much more by a long cold drought, which took place the 

 latter end of April and the beginning of May, the return 

 only about thirty two bufliels. During the whole of lad fall, 

 the place where the heaps of marl had laid was obfervable, 

 from the rai.knefs of the bed of white clover that was on the 

 fame : Winter a 792, rode out about fix hundred fled loads of 

 marl (about one fixth black dirt) ; on five acres put about 

 two hundred loads, and in the fpring ftrewed it over the 

 ground J then broke it up; two weeks after gave it two good 

 harrowings, and then crofs-ploughed it, much deeper than 

 the firil time. About the 12th of May, fowed two acres with 

 flax-feed, the reft with oats : Flax and oats very fine ; turned 

 the flubble down as foon as was convenient ; after two other 

 ploughings and harrowings, fowed it with wheat about the 

 latter end of September : The return, on an average, about 

 twenty-four bufhels per acre. 



In the fpring of 1792, planted about ttn acres of ground 

 with corn ; four of them was manured with marl, four with 

 barn manure, and two with about an equal quantity of each ; 

 all flrewed over the ground, previous to the firfl ploughing : 

 thirty rows that went acrofs each piece, was again manured 



