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exhibit the intelligent skill of the manufacturer, if possible, to 

 the extent of dispensing entirely with the aid of the plough- 

 man, in giving a specimen of good ploughing ; and there is 

 much reason to hope, that through the action of this society in 

 this matter, such implements will be produced, that our farmers 

 will soon discard, as worse than useless, every plough that re- 

 quires the labor of man to keep it from running out, or turning 

 over, in a clear soil. 



WILLIAM CLARK, Chairman. 



Experiments on Manures. 



The following statements, in regard to the manufacture and 

 application of compost manure, were presented at the late an- 

 nual meeting of the society, and the executive committee have 

 awarded to each a premium. 



Christopher Wrighfs Statement. 



My method of making compost manure, is as follows : — In 

 the summer and fall of 1846, we carted seventy-five loads of 

 loam and turf, and put under our sheds and in our yards, and 

 spread three or four inches in depth. We then turned our 

 hogs and cows upon it during the summer, every few days 

 sowing corn upon the same. Daring the winter, we had a 

 stock of cattle lying on it. In the spring, we took off the green 

 manure for corn, and then put hogs upon what remained, with 

 the same process as before. We also ploughed and turned it 

 often, and mixed some horse and hog manure with it, and drew 

 in the wash from the yard, which is naturally wet. During 

 the summer of 1847, we put in about twenty-five loads more, 

 with the same process, covering with stalks and straw, and had 

 cattle upon the same. We took off the greater part in the 

 spring of 1848, and carted loam from the distance of one mile, 

 at an expense of thirty cents per load. In August, we cleaned 

 the whole yard and sheds, taking the water also, carted it upon 

 the mowing, and put it into large heaps, making in the whole, 

 one hundred and thirty loads. We likewise, drew one hundred 



