SECRETARY'S RErORT. 



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No. IX. 

 By Albert Stratton, of North Leominster. Well dried 

 hay, harvested August 1st. 



PRODUCT 



No. 



1, 



9 



3, 

 4, 



5, 



. 288 lbs. 



. 269 



. 336 



. 345 



. 258 



winter killed, or did not take 



A small portion of No. 2 was 

 well to grass. 



No. X. 



By Justus Tower, of Lanesborough. Ploughed the oat 

 stubble eight inches deep, the first week in September, 1861, 

 and sowed Timothy and clover. Harvested July 1st. 



No. XI. 

 By B. P. Ware, of Marblehead. Crop, carrots without 

 manure. Ploughed eight inches deep. May 29th sowed 

 orange carrot seed. Truckle hoed three times, and hand wed* 

 twice. Harvested November 14th. 



The lot numbered six, in previous years, was manured with 

 '-^Q of a cord of compost of meadow mud, sea manure and barn 

 manure, drenched with night soil. Otherwise treated like tlie 

 other lots. 



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