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men and a boy and two yoke of oxen. This work was done in 

 the winter when the snow was two feet deep. A light dressing 

 of manure w^as then added, and sowed to grass April 15. The 

 crop of grass the first year was only one and a half tons. The 

 second year it was three tons of prime quality. 



Premium on Fruit Trees in the JYursery. 



This was awarded to Joshua H. Ordways, of West Newbury. 

 The following statement contains a valuable account of the mode 

 pursued by him in planting and rearing his nursery. The soil is 

 a hard gravel and slate, sub-soil clay. This was plowed in the 

 autumn eight inches deep, after corn, and two loads of fine barn- 

 yard manure on the surface and harrowed smooth. Then drilled 

 three feet apart, into which was scattered pumice. The seed 

 came up well and were hoed several times, during which the un- 

 healthy saplings were removed. At two years old they were 

 transplanted (first cutting off the tap root) in rows four feet apart 

 and ten inches from each' other. Those of the same size and 

 vigor were set together, or in the same nursery. In August they 

 were budded after the T mode on the south side of the tree, for 

 reasons obvious to any one. 



It is recommended in manuring nurseries that it be spread 

 upon the surface, and not plowed in. Compost is preferred of 

 hog or barn-yard manure and muck or turf. The manuring may 

 be required once in three years. Does not recommend much 

 pruning, and transplants trees early in the spring. 



Accompanying the transactions of the Essex agricultural soci- 

 ety, is a statement of the mode of composing a compost heap, by 

 David Wood, of Newbury. 



46 loads of strong manure, principally from the hog yard. 



71 do. salt meadow sods. 



8 do. loam, top soil, from the road side. 



5 do. lime and hair from the tan pits. 



6 do. decayed chips from a ship yard. 

 2 do. anthracite coal ashes. 



15 do. potato vines. 

 2 do. refuse sizintj. 



