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NEW ENGLAND PAKMER. 



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will be better to sell the milk. His cows have all 

 averaged him $7 per month for each cow, during 

 the past 3 months. 



The club chose Dr. Reynolds, J. B. Moore, 

 E. Wood, Jr., and SuiON Brown, a committee to 

 assii^n experiments to each member, to )>e tried, 

 during the present year. 



The club voted to meet at the house of the Sec- 

 retary, on the loth of April, to consider the as- 

 signments above referred to. They also voted 

 unanimously to partake of a supper with their 

 ladies and invited guests, at the Middlesex hotel, 

 on the I'Jth of April. C.AV. Goodnow, 



Secretary of the Club. 



In accordance with the above vote, the Club 

 met on the 13th of April, and voted to try the fol- 

 lowing experiments during the coming summer, 

 which several experinionts were assigned as fol- 

 lows, to different members of the Club. 



Experiment 1. — To plant an equal number of 

 hills, of the 12 rowed, and of the 8 rowed Piy- 

 moutli corn, and weigh tlie proihict of each, in 

 tlie fall. Tlie cultivation and soil to l)e as near 

 alike as possible. 



Assigned to C. W. Goodnow and J. B. Moore. 



Experiment 2. — To cut the stalks on 50 hills of 

 corn, at the usual time, cut up 50 hills at the 

 ground, when tlie corn is glazed, and let it mature 

 in t'le shock, and let the stalks remain on 50 hills 

 until fully ripe, and weigh the corn on each, when 

 dry. 



Assigned to J. B. Fanner and J. P. Brown. 



Experiment 3. — To plant equal areas with corn 

 3^ feet apart, each way, and oJ^ feet one way 

 and 18 inches the other way, and weigh the corn 

 on each, wlien dry. 



Assigned to Simon Brown, Daniel Tarbell and 

 F. A. Wheeler. 



Experiment 4. — To plant the same quantity of 

 ground with corn, of the same kind, with compost 

 manure, at the rate of 25 loads to the acre, and 

 with guano, at the rate of 250 ll)a. to the acre, 

 and weigh the corn in the autumn. 



Assigned to Jos. D. Brown. 



Experiment 5. — To take half an acre of grass 

 land, spread 10 loads of manure on the same, then 

 plow it G in(;hes deep, harrow and furrow out with- 

 ■jut breaking the sod. Put 8 loixds of manure in 

 the furrow, and plant corn; agjiin, take liulf an 

 aero of grass land, plow the same 10 inches deep, 

 spread on 24 loads of the same kind of manure, 

 plow it in with a horse, and plant corn at the same 

 distance, as in the other piece, and measure the 

 corn raised, in tlie fall. 



Assigned to Ciiarles A. Hubbard, J. Warren 

 Brown and Levi Miles. 



Experiment G. — To sow not less than ha)f an 

 acre of winter l)lue stem wheat. State the mode 

 of cultivation, the quantity and weiglit of wheat 

 raised, and the quantity of sec^d to the acre. 



Assigned to Simon Brown and J. D. Brown. 



Experiment 7. — To sow equal areas with a pe<^k 

 and with half a bushel of millet seed, and weigh 

 the result. 



Assigned to E. Wood, Jr., and John Raynolds. 



Expcrirnent 8. — To sow 2 and 3 bushels of oat» 

 to the acre, and measure the crop. 

 Assigned to Cyrus Conant. 



Experiment 9. — To sow equal areas of land, with 

 carrots, 15 inches and 24 inchesapart, other things 

 being equal, and weigh the crop. 



Assigned toA.H. W heeler and Gardner Wheel- 

 er. 



Expcri/nent 10, — To plant equal areas with car- 

 rots, with compost manure and with guano, other 

 things being e(^ual, and weigh the products. 



Assigned to J. B. Parmer, W. D. Brown and 

 S.G. Wheeler. 



Experiment 11. -Raise equal areas of Ruta Bagas, 

 with compost manure and with guano, and state 

 the resuU, 



Assigned to J. B. Farmer and Edvrin Wheeler. 



Experiment 12. — To sow rye with 250 lbs. of 

 guano, to tlie acre, by the side of rye, without any 

 guano, and report the quantity and weight of each. 



Assigned to E. W. Bull and J. P. Brow^n. 



Experimerit 13, — To spread 200 or 300 lbs. of 

 guano to the acre on gi-ass, and compare the re- 

 sult with grass on similar land without guano. 



Assigned to E. Wood, Jr. 



Experiment 14. — To spr^d on the same kind of 

 grass land, 3^0 lbs. of guano and 20 loads of com- 

 Y)Ost, and compare the results. 



Assigned to J. B. Moore and Jona. Wheeler. 



Experiment 15. — To compare the raising of tur- 

 nips Avith bone-dust and with compOst. Stating 

 the qifantity of each used, and the result. 



Assigned to Minott Pratt and Simon Brown. 



Experiment 16. — To compare the raising of 

 turnij^s with super-phosphate of lime and with 

 compost manure. 



Assigned to J. B. Farmer and E. R. Hoar. 



Experiment 17. — To compare guano with su- 

 per-phosphate of lime, in the culture of corn. 



For the New Euglasid Farmer, 



ON RENOVATING SOILS. 



Dear Sir : — In your Feb. No., is an article by 

 Eliiiu Cross, Hoosac, N. Y., whose caption is 

 enough to awaken every sleepy or lazy farmer in 

 the country. It purports to answer the greatest 

 question that has interested the farming commun- 

 ity for many years. I examined it with interest ; 

 the theory is true, but it is impracticable, except 

 the last paragraph, and this, in my humble opin- 

 ion , is not the most perfect way of renovating worn- 

 out lands. He says, seed your land thick with 

 clover and let it grow without feeding for 2 or 3 

 years, and then you may remove the clover and 

 plow up, when you will find it rich. Can Mr. 0. 

 believe that, to let the clover remain on the ground 

 and waste away on the surfiice by bleaching and 

 evaporation, is better than to plow it in when fully- 

 grown ? In my opinion, he begins this pariigraph 

 on a false supposition, or it contains a eontradie^ 

 tion in its terms. He cannot get a grov.'th of 

 clover on worn-out lands; it will not stock, as 

 we term it, or come up, and grow on &ueh lands ; 

 buckwheat will grow much l>etter, and answer 

 quite as well as a covering. I have for a long 

 time considered that those plants that have a 

 braid leaf are less exhausting than those that a re 



