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The oats were good. In 1833, I took from, it a crop of grass, 

 which was estimated to be six tons. It has grown grass every 

 year since, and I believe not a less quantity than the estimate 

 above has been taken from it since the first crop. I should be 

 safe in saying that there were six tons grown upon the lot the 

 last year, and this year the crop is good. I have another lot, 

 containing If acres, which like the other yielded little grass ; 

 20 cwt. being all the lot produced in 1822. In the spring of 1824, 

 I dressed it upon the surface with manure, meadow mud, and 

 saltpetre mixed ; and it yielded a moderate crop that year. In 

 the spring of 1825, I sowed upon the surface, as you would sow 

 rye, a quantity of saltpetre. The result was, that I took from 

 the lot at least four tons of hay, as it was adjudged. This too 

 was in a lot containing apple-trees, and the grass much lodged 

 all over the field. I continued sowing upon this lot a small 

 quantity of saltpetre once in two years, for five or six years, 

 and at the same time raising a very large crop of grass yearly. 

 Nothing has been done to this lot for the last six years, and there 

 is at this time upon it more than a middling crop of grass. 



I have another lot of light-soiled ground, of about four acres ; 

 it had been used for growing rye. It occurred to me that I 

 would try the experiment of saltpetre upon a small piece of this 

 ground. The result was so favorable, that the next year, in 

 the spring, I covered the piece with meadow mud mixed with 

 saltpetre. The result was. that I obtained from the ground as 

 large a crop of grass as it was considered profitable to raise. 

 Last year, which was the fifth, it yielded two tons per acre. 

 There has been, however, a small quantity of saltpetre sowed 

 upon the lot since. I could describe other lots upon which 

 saltpetre has been used, but with the same results as those al- 

 ready mentioned. 



I shall now designate the above lots and describe the kind of 

 soil. 



The first, is No. 1, of a middling quality, neither very wet 

 nor dry. 



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