MANURES. 59 



Mr. Ware gives his estimate of the amount of shelled corn 

 and corn-stover per acre from each lot, and states that one 

 hundred pounds of corn in ears gave seventy-six and a half 

 pounds shelled. He has followed the directions for the exper- 

 iments for the three series of three years each, and we take the 

 liberty to quote his remarks, — that the said experiments have 

 been of great value to him, and trusts that they will be useful 

 to farmers. 



Mr. Leonard gives a valuation of the product of each lot for 

 the three years, as follows — 



From lots 1, (corn, valued at 11.00,) 



2, (rye, " " 1.60,) 



3, (hay, " " 1.00,) 



4, (straw and stover, .80,) 



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And estimates the rye crops on the manured land to average 

 twenty-two bushels per acre, c , 



The figures in the tables will enable any person to make 

 a similar calculation, and the result in money value. 



Mr. Curtis planted corn in 1862, again in 1863, and sowed 

 barley in 1864. 



Mr. Farmer divided his land of one hundred and fifty rods 

 into three parts of fifty rods each, and made his experiments on 

 each of them, apparently for the purpose of testing the relative 

 value of the manures used. 



The manure used on the lots in range No. 1, so called, was 

 a compost, of three parts of cattle manure and one part of 

 meadow mud, seventy-five and five-twelfths cubic feet to each 

 lot, except lot No. 5. On range 2, seventy-two and five-twelfths 

 feet of compost, one-third meadow mud, and two-thirds horse 

 manure, two shotes having wintered on it. On range No. 3, 

 compost of clear meadow mud, with eighty-three pounds of Coe's 

 super-phosphate of lime to each cord of mud and same number 

 of cubic feet. He reports no wheat, but wheat-straw, and he 

 gives his estimate of the product per acre of each of his fifteen 

 lots in straw, and the first and second crops of hay. 



The crop of Mr. Hull appears to be small, but he states that 

 he selected his poorest acre, hoping thereby to see the best 



