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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Spencer Leonard, Jr. 



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 the 

 experiment. 



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

 as follows : — 



May, . 



June, 



July, 



The grass, on the plots manured, proved to be principally 

 clover this year, and was well set. It was mowed ^lune 25th, 

 and again August 11th, and after being well cured, weighed as 

 follows : — 



Plot No. 1, 395 lbs. 

 Plot No. 4, 363 lbs. 



Plot No. 2, 420 lbs. Plot No. 3,384 lbs. 

 Plot No. 5, 102 lbs. 



As you have had a statement of the mode of cultivation for 

 the first two years, (see page 148, 2d part, Report of 1862,) I 

 will now give you only the amount of the produce of each plot, 

 with its estimated value for each of the three years. Corn is 

 valued at |1 per cwt. on the ear, rye at $2 per cwt., hay at II 6 

 per ton, corn fodder and straw at -$8 per ton, in the following 

 estimate : — 



Total value on Plot No. 1, for three years, •$ 10 70 



