24 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



" Select a level piece of land of any convenient size, from twenty 

 square I'ods up to as many acres or more, which should be as nearly equal 

 in its character and conditions as possible. Divide it into fjve equal 

 parts, numbering them 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, for a rotation of three yeai's. 



" Divide the manure which it is proposed to apply, and which should 

 be of a uniform character, into four equal parts. At the time of first 

 ploughing in the spring, spread evenly one-fourth of the manure upon 

 plot No. 1, and then plough the whole field of an equal depth. Apply 

 another fourth part of the manure to plot No. 2, and then cross-plough 

 the whole field to about half the depth of the first ploughing. Spread 

 another fourth of the manure upon plot No. 3, and harrow or cultivate 

 the whole field ; after which sow or plant the whole evenly, with any 

 crop preferred. Finally, spread the remaining quarter part of the 

 manure upon plot No. 4. 



" Observe that by pursuing this course, each of the five lots will 

 receive equally, a deep ploughing, a shallow ploughing, and a harrowing 

 or cultivating, the only difference in them being that in No. 1 the manure 

 is buried deep, in No. 2, shallow, in No. 3 buried only slightly, but 

 coated with loam, and in No. 4 left exposed upon the surface ; while No. 

 5 gets no manure. The manure is to be spread broadcast and as evenly 

 as possible. The after cultivation should be the same on each of the 

 lots, and the harvest of each should take place at the same time. 



" Let a statement of the character of the soil, whether light or heavy, 

 dry or moist, leachy or retentive of manures, the crop of 1859, kind 

 and amount and mode of application of manure in 1859, size of field 

 covered by the experiment, depth of first ploughing, kind and amount 

 of manure used in 1860, kind of crop, when and how sown, number of 

 times and manner cultivated, and weight of product on an average rod 

 of each plot be made in 1860, and returned in the annual report of each 

 society. 



" If there is a double product, as grain and straw, corn and stover, 

 let the weight of the secondary product be given on each plot. 



" If the competitor weigh the wliole crop, instead of estimating it by 

 an average rod, there will be no objection to such a course. 



"A brief synopsis of the weather for each of the following months, by 

 dividing each month into three parts, and using the terms dry, moist, 

 and wet, to indicate the general character of the weather, will also be 

 expected. 



FIRST TIIIUD. MIDDLE TIIIUD. LAST THIRD. 



May, 



June, 



July, 



August, 



September, 



