256 HAMPS., FRANK. & HAMPD. SOCIETY. 



One Year Old Colts. 



1. Mala Cowles, Belchertown, $2 00 



2. Chester Phelps, Northampton, . . . . 1 00 

 The committee also recommend a gratuity of two dollars to 



Josiah Brown, of Hatfield. 



JosiAH Brown, Chairman. 



Manures. 



William P. Dickinson^ s Statement. 



In the fall of 1851, I ploughed a field of nine acres, which 

 had been pastured for ten years, and sent a sample of it to 

 Professor Norton for analyzation : he found it very deficient in 

 lime, sulphuric acid, and chlorine, and advised an application 

 of oyster-shell lime, plaster and salt. I made a mixture of ten 

 bushels of lime, two and a half of plaster, and half a bushel 

 of salt for each acre, and put a handful in the hill at the time 

 of planting. I left two and three rows in a place in different 

 parts of the field to see the result. Through the early part of 

 the season, these rows could be distinguished-from the others 

 thirty rods from the field, by their yellow appearance, and less 

 vigorous growth. This difference continued throughout the 

 season, and at the time of harvesting, the difference in favor 

 of the rows which were limed, was by good judges said to be 

 one-third. 



I also put some of the lime upon grass, and the spot can 

 easily be selected by its fresh green appearance, compared 

 with that surrounding it. The lime cost 12| cents a bushel, 

 at Northampton. The whole expense per acre could not have 

 exceeded $2. 



I have just finished husking one acre, which yielded 126 

 bushels of ears, with only eight loads of compost manure o;i it. 



Hadley, Oct. 27, 1852. 



A gratuity of ^5 was awarded. 



[The above is regarded as a very interesting and successful 

 experiment, and has attracted the attention of many farmers 



