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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



No. II. 



Lot No. 1, 16.995 lbs. per square rod ; 2719.2 per acre. 



2, 19,305 " " 3088.8 " 



3, 20.13 " " 3220.8 " 



4, 14.52 « " 2323.2 , " 



5, 15.6816 " " 2509.056 " 



No. in. 



Lot No. 1, 7.92 lbs. per square rod ; 1267.2 per acre. 



2, 8.91 " " 1425.6 



3, 8.25 « " 1320 



4, 8.345 « " 1399.2 



5, 8.1675 " " 1306.8 



A brief synopsis of the weather for the months of May, June, 

 July, August and September, 1862, has been computed, by 

 keeping a daily journal, and comparing notes, for the first ten 

 days in each month, then for the second ten days, then for the 

 remainder, which makes eleven days for May, July and August, 

 with the following result : — 



Middle Third. 



May, 

 June, 

 July, 

 Aug., 

 Sept., 



Moist, ground cold, 



drying winds. 

 Moist, cool. 



iMoist. 



Wet. 



Quite moist. 



Dry, with cold 



winds. 

 Rather dry, cool, 



windy. 

 Wet. 



Moist, no great rains. 



Moist. 



Dry, cold, windy, unfavor- 

 able to vegetation. 

 Wet, after the 24th. 



Moist, cool, much cloudy 



weather. 

 Moist. 



Moist. 



Concord, November 1, 1862. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



Statement of W. G. Wijman. 

 This is the final completion in 1862 of my experiment 

 commenced in 1860, and continued in 1861, on the proper 

 deptli of applying manures, in accordance with the require- 



