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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



The land on which the above experiments were made is what 

 I call my meadow lot, lying northerly from my barns and just 

 below them. 



Weld Farm, West Roxbury, December 24, 1862. 



Cheever Newhall, Esq., Chair?nan, Sfc. : — 



Dear Sir, — I refer you to my last report — " Experiments on 

 Manures " — pages 149 and 150 of the Report of 1861, for the 

 land, soil, and experiments of that year. On page 149 it will 

 be noted that the land was sown to winter rye and Timothy 

 grass seed September 20, 1861 — about five pecks of rye and a 

 fraction over one bushel of Timothy grass seed to the acre. 



The rye was cut and shocked July 18th ; weighed the whole 

 and threshed it August 12th, and winnowed it August 16tli — all 

 of which was carefully weighed on Fairbanks' Standard Scales 

 on my farm, with the following results: — 



TWENTY RODS OR ONE-EIGHTH OP AN ACRE TO EACH LOT, 



You will now note that lots Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 had each six 

 feet of wcll-rottcd manure. No. 5, no manure ; and in refer- 

 ence to my last report, No. 6 had two feet of compost applied 

 in the hills, and a top-dressing of six feet of additional composts 

 when laid down last fall. 



