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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Report of Spencer Leonard, Jr., on Experiment made in applica' 

 lion of Manure, commencing in 1861, for the year 1862. 



Having entered as a competitor for the premium offered for 

 an experiment in the application of manure, commencing in 

 1861 and closing in 1863, I will give you the result of this 

 year's operation. 



You may recollect from the statement of last year that the 

 corn was taken off, and the ground sowed to rye, September 18, 

 1861. The rye came up well, and looked very even and of 

 good color this spring. The rye was cut and shocked about the 

 middle of July, and was taken in and threshed about the j&rst 

 of August, and produced as follows : — 



The rye being cut early was light colored, and of good qual- 

 ity, producing, where the manure was put, nearly 23 bushels to 

 the acre. The grass seed was sown upon the ground in March, 

 came up well, and now looks finely, excepting where there was 

 no manure put — that looks rather poorly. 



The weather, while the crop was in the field, was nearly as 

 follows : — 



May, 



June, 



July, 



Bridgewater, September 30, 18G2. 



Report of Spencer Leonard, Jr., on Expo'imcnt in the applica- 

 tion of Manure, commencing' in 1862, for the year 1862. 



Having entered as a competitor for the premium offered for 

 an experiment in the application of manures, commencing with 

 1862, I will give you the result of the first year's operation. 



The lot selected contains fifty square rods, is of very even 

 quality, and^iiight properly be called a moist, sandy loam ; has 



