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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan. 



Total value of four years' crops from manure, 

 Total value of four years' cro^js from chemicals, 



$169 19 

 174 72 



The cliemicals used yearly were : — 



Dissolved bone-black, 346 lbs. 



Muriate of potash, 150 lbs. 



Sulphate of ammonia, 56 lbs. 



Cost, $11.00. 



552 lbs. 



To apply the one lot of manure cost $2.80 ; to apply the 

 three lots of fertilizer cost $1.50 ; difference, $1.30. Also, 

 ■we have the interest on $22.00 for two years, and on $11.00 

 for one year, to add to this $1.30; this shows against the 

 manure. 



The hay on the chemical acre was full of clover, and I 

 regard it as one-third more valuable for milk than the other. 



Question. What was the soil? 



Professor Whitcher. Clay loam. Connecticut River 

 land. 



B. P. Ware. One point, it seems to me, should be con- 

 sidered. This figuring is based on manure at $3.50 per 

 cord ; many of us pay five to six dollars. The difference 

 in our case would be much greater than in the professor's. 



Professor Whitcher. I would never apply more than 

 150 pounds in the hill, and would put that on top, after the 

 crop is covered. 



