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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



PRODUCT. 



No. 1, . corn in the ear, 858 lbs. ; stover, 800 lbs. 



2, . " " 951 " 728 



3, . " " 909 " 692 



4, . " " 759 « 640 



5, . " " 672 " 510 



No. 5 was small ears poorly ripened, nearly one-third being 

 soft corn. 



No. XI. 

 By B. P. Ware, of Marblehead. Fifty rods of dark loam on 

 a compact gravelly subsoil, retentive and not liable to suffer 

 from extremes of moisture or drougth. In grass for ten years. 

 The sod was broken up in August, 1859. First ploughing in 

 1860, eight inches, second, four inches. Two and one-quarter 

 cords of a compost made from equal parts of peat mud, sea and 

 stable manure, on the four lots. Planted with Jackson white 

 potatoes, April 18th. Ploughed and hoed three times, and 

 harvested October 31st. 



PRODUCT. 



No. 1, large potatoes, 700 lbs. ; small potatoes, 292 lbs. ; total, 092 lbs. 



2, " " 797 " " 347 " 1,144 



3, " " 035 " " 305 " 940 



4, " " (J90 " '^ 357 " 1,047 



5, " " 580 " " 215 " 795 



No. C, large potatoes, G30 lbs. ; small potatoes, 265 lbs. ; total, 895 lbs. 



A sixth lot was added of the same size as the others, and 

 manured witli the same amount and kind of manure, but it 

 was put in the drill, as generally practiced. 



