MANURES. 



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fortli ill the announcement of premiums for 18G1, are as 

 follows, viz. : — 



1. Character of the soil, — Light, moist, not strongly reten- 

 tive of manures. 



2, The crop of I860,— Potatoes. 



8. The kind of manure used in 1860, — Barnyard, the 

 manure of a horse, a cow and a hog; the hog having the run 

 of the barnyard. 



4. Amount of manure used in 1860, — Three ox wagon loads, 

 without side boards. 



5. Mode of application in 1860, — Spread upon the green 

 sward before ploughing, and a small quantity in the hill. 



6. Size of the field covered by the experiment, — One-eighth 

 of an acre. 



7. Depth of first ploughing, — Nine inches. 



8. Kind of manure used in 1861, — Barnyard ; made by a 

 horse, a cow and a hog. Shovelled over twice before used. 



9. Amount of manure used in 1861, — Eight ox wagon loads 

 without side boards ; estimated to be two and one-half cords. 



10. Kind of crop, — Indian corn, yellow, eight to twelve- 

 rowed, raised by A. C. Cook. 



11. When planted,— May 25th. 



12. How planted, — In hills, two feet and six inches apart 

 one way, and three feet ten inches apart the other way. 



13. Number of times cultivated, — Three. 



14. How cultivated, — Ploughed once and hoed twice. 



15. Weight of the product of corn, — Five hundred and eight 

 lbs. shelled corn. 



16. Weight of product grown upon each lot. 



Lot No. 1, deep ploughed, . . shelled corn, 

 2, cross ploughed. 



3, cultivated. 



94 lbs. 

 104 

 123 



93 



94 



4, on the surface, 



5, no manure, . 



17. Weight of product of stover, — Six hundred and one- 

 half lbs. 



18. Weight of stover on each lot. 



Lot No. 1, deep ploughed, . . . .109 lbs. 



2, cross ploughed, 



3, cultivated, 



4, on the surface, 



5, no manure. 



170 



130| 



104^ 



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