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ON NEW AND ACID LAND, 



which, as in every other such case, bore no sorrel. October 15th 7 

 gathered and measured the corn from the several spaces, which 

 were laid off (by the chain) as nearly as could be, on the same 

 land as in 1824. The products so obtained, together with those 

 of the previous and subsequent courses of tillage, will be presented 

 below in a tabular form, for the purpose of being more readily 

 compared. 



[On the wheat succeeding this crop, clover seed was sown, but 

 very thinly, and irregularly. On the parts not marled, only a few 

 yards width received seed, which the next year showed the ex- 

 pected result of scarcely any living clover, and that very mean. 

 On the marled portions, the growth of clover was of middling 

 quality. Was not mowed or grazed, but seed gathered by hand 

 both in 1830 and 1831.] 



1832. Again in corn. It was soon evident that much injury was 

 caused to the marled half q p o n } by the too great quantity ap- 

 plied. A considerable proportion of the stalks, during their growth, 

 showed strongly the marks of disease from that cause, and some 

 were rendered entirely barren. A few stalks only had appeared 

 hurt by the quantity of marl in 1828. On the lightly marled 

 piece, w p, and also on w t, where the heaviest marling was accom- 

 panied by stable manure, there appeared no sign of injury. The 

 products of the [three] successive crops were as follows : 



An accidental omission prevented the measurement of t 5,. in 1832.] 



[This experiment has been made with much trouble, and every 

 care bestowed to insure accuracv. Still several caus-es have ope- 

 rated to affect the correctness of the results, and to prevent the 

 comparative products showing the true rate of improvement, 



