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acre. No effect seen, good or bad. The same 

 land afier some years was also marled. 



9</i— About 350 bushels. 



lOtk and 1 HA.— None of cither. 



12111. — A scourging and exhausting course. Tlie 

 rotation was, corn, wheat, and close grazing; 

 and, instead of the year of rest (or grazing,) 

 sometimes another grain crop taken Irora the 

 richer part of the land. 



13/A.— Improving ; the rotation since, 1st corn, 2d 

 wheat, 3d, clover preserved entirely from graz- 

 ing and mowing. 



14th. — On neutral soil, originally very rich and 

 much reduced, the first increase supposed to be 

 30 per cent, but since more than 300 per cent, 

 known by measurement of products before and 

 since marling. On light nnd acid soil, first crop 

 supposed to be increased 75 per cent., and now 

 400 per cent, on the productive power belbre 

 marling. 



I5th. — Always increased. 



\6th. — No such diminution believed possible. 



17th. — Only by marl-burning, from too heavy 

 dressing on some very light and poor spots. 



18th. — Both more efllcacious and more durable. 



19lh. — About 20 bshels of corn on the best half, 

 and 7 bushels on the worst half j or say 13^ 

 bushels general average. 



20th.— 35 bushels. 



21st. — The richer half of this land, about 115 

 acres net (the Point field,) alone brought wheat 

 before marling; and on that, 800 bushels was 

 considered a good crop. Recently, estimating 

 the whole from the actual product of the part 

 under wheat, the then and present productive 

 power of the same land is estimated at 2500 

 bushels of wheat, to be made after corn. 



22(1. — S9-50 the acre, for the land annually under 

 tillage ; and -SHOO annually for so much of the 

 farm as is embraced in these answers. 



23d. — No contradiction. 



VIII. jinswers of Edmund Wilkins, of Spring- 

 field farm, 



1st. — In wint-er of 1834-5, except a few acres co- 

 vered by the former occupant, some years ear- 

 lier. 



2d. — Mine. The land bought just before my be- 

 ginning to marl. 



3d. — 203 acres. 



4th. — 170 acres, and much poorer than the rest of 

 the farm, with the exception of about ten acres; 

 which was good tobacco land when cleared. 



5th. — 214 acres marled since 1834. 



6th. — About 42 per cent. The marl procured 

 with great labor, at one extremity of the land, 

 and much of it hauled a mile, and some of it one 

 and a half miles. 



lih and 8th.— None. 



9th. — From 180 bushels on poorest, to 320 on best 

 land. 



10th and 11th. — None of either observed, or worth 



naming. 

 12th. — Impoverishing, and the land greatly im- 

 poverished. 

 13th. — -The three-shift rotation, with very little 

 grazing. Considered preservative of its exist- 

 ing fertility, if not improving. 

 14/A.— On the poorest land," forming much the 

 greater proportion of the farm, and, before marl- 



ing, bringing about 5 bushels of corn to the acre, 

 the increase of the first crop from 100 to 150 

 per cent. On much belter natural land, and 

 not very much reduced, the first increase not 

 more than 30 or 40 per cent. Very little land 

 yet has borne a second course of crops ; but 

 that little, on the second cultivation has shown 

 an additional improved product of full 50 per 

 cent more, upon the former poorest product. 



15th. — Have not enough experience lor my opi- 

 nion to be worth more than was stated in the 

 preceding answer. 



\6th. — No such diminution expected. 



nth. — A few small spots only, very poor and 

 sandy, or galled, have been marl burnt. 



18th. — Not assured that the first effects of putres- 

 cent manure is greater on marled land ; but sure 

 that it is more durable. No other mineral ma- 

 nure tried. 



19th. — About 5 bushels of corn per acre. 



20th. — About 15 bushels of corn to the acre. 



21sf.— About 3 bushels per acre, and at this time 

 well produce 8 bushels per acre. 



22d — $3.50 the acre on the cultivated land — and 

 about $736 on the whole 214 acres, counting 

 all, whether under tillage or at rest. 



23d. — Know nothing that opposes, or that does 

 not full}^ agree with the statements and opinions 

 given in the "recapitulation." 



IX. jinswers to the queries by William Wilkins. 



Answer to query lst.—\n 1833, a few acres marl- 

 ed. In 1835 regular marling begin. 



2d.— My own. 



3d. — 60 acres. 



Aih.—AO acres, making 100 in all now open and 

 cultivated. 



5th. — About 70 acres marled to this time. 



Qth.— From Ao to 52 per cent. All hauled from 

 the pits of other persons' adjacent farms. 



1th and 8tli. — None. 



9th.— 300 buphels. 



10th and lli/i.— None. 



12th. — Exhausting. 



13iA.— Improving. Three-shift rotation, with clo- 

 ver, not grazed generally or mowed. 



lAth. — Product more than doubled the first crop 

 aller marling ; and considerably more since. 

 The greatest improvement by marling made on 

 the pine old fields; the trees belted for bringing 

 the land into cultivation. 



15th. — Increased in all cases. 



16//J and nth.— No. 



ISth. — Manure lasts longer. 



\9th. — From 5 to 7^ bushels of corn. 



20//t.~25 bushels. 



2lst. — A few acres only of old improved lot around 

 the house formerly sown, which brought about 

 60 bushels of wheat. No regular and full wheat 

 cropping as yet. Two of the shifts (of 33 acres 

 each) supposed would bring 10 bushels to the 

 acre. The other, too light, and too poor as yet, 

 to be worth sowing in wheat. 



22d and 23d. — Not answered. 



X. Answers to the queries, by Richard M. Har- 

 rison, of Huntington farm. 



Answer to query \st, — In 1834. 

 2d. — My own. 



