MANURES. 



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extend the experiment for my own gratification ; and thinking 

 otliers might be interested by the comparison, 1 olTer the result 

 of the whole. 



The first rain fell, after planting. May 19th, the land 

 being very dry until then. The potatoes were ploughed and 

 hoed three times before the middle of July. Upon the 

 20th of July, the potato blight struck the tops, but the 

 crop was so far advanced that they did not rot much. The 

 total amount was reduced somewhat, but I think not very 

 much. The whole crop was harvested October 31st; the 

 result of which may be found in the annexed table, together 

 with a brief synopsis of the weather during the season. 



No. 1, large potatoes, 700 lbs. ; small potatoes, 292 lbs. ; total, 992 lbs. 



2, " " 797 " " 347 " 1,134 



3, " " 635 " " 305 " 940 



4, " " 690 " " 357 " 1,047 



5, " " 580 " " 215 " 793 



6, " " 630 " " 265 » 805 



Marblehead, December 1, 1860. 



[For second year's statement, see last Report, 1861, p. 133.] 



Third year's statement of Benjamin P. Ware. 

 In continuing the experiment on the application of man nre 

 commenced 1860, May 1st, 1862, 1 spread upon lot number 

 six, at the rate of nine cords per acre, manure composted from 

 meadow mud, sea kelp and barn manure, the whole drenched 

 with night soil. I used no manure of any kind upon any of 

 the other lots ; then ploughed the whole eight inches deep ; 

 then harrowed it. 



