390 BARNSTABLE SOCIETY. 



Since 1847, I have set with vines about fifty rods each yearj 

 they are all now in a flourishing condition. 



Produce of one quarter of an acre for three years, 



95 bushels, at $2 75 per bushel, - - $261 00 



EXPENSES. 



First cost of meadow, setting vines, &c., $40 00 

 Picking, freight, and all other expenses, 25 00 



65 00 



Net profit of the quarter acre for three years, - $196 00 



Do. of the seven rods do., - - - 60 00 



Total, .-..-- |256 00 



Harwich, Nov. 3, 1851. 



Compost Manures. 

 To Joseph C. Mayo, of Orleans, for the most satisfactory 

 experiment in preparing compost manures, was awarded the 

 first premium of $8. 



Joseph C. Mayors Statement. 

 Heap No. 1 was composed of sea drift, muck and some 

 clay. These were put, in layers of each, into a yard built on 

 a low spot of ground. The first of March, 1850, I purchased 

 three shoats for $13 50; I kept these in the yard till the mid- 

 dle of October. One of them had four pigs, which I sold 

 when four weeks old 



For - - - - - - $8 00 



The shoats weighed, when killed, 000 pounds, and 



sold at 7 cents per pound, - - - 42 00 



$50 00 

 Deduct first cost, - - - - - 13 50 



$36 50 

 Whole cost of keeping, - - - - 20 75 



Net profit, - - - - - $15 75 



