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in nine cart loads of horse manure, putting hog manure, three 

 loads in the hill, with a small quantity of plaster and ashes. 

 Last year I raised 70 bushels from the same land. 



On the remaining 115 rods, which was plain, sandy land, I 

 put eight loads of coarse manure from the barnyard in the 

 hills, hoed twice only. The yield was 133 bushels, making in 

 all 208 bushels from the acre. 



Amherst, Nov., 1852. 



W. P. Dickinson's Statement. 



The land upon which my potatoes grew was a worn piece 

 of stubble ground. Early in May I ploughed in thirteen loads 

 of coarse manure, and planted it soon after, with a little " shell 

 lime" in each hill. About three-quarters of it was planted 

 with Carters, the other quarter Merinos. 



Part of the Carters were some I raised the previous year, 

 part was seed obtained from Worthington, part was planted 

 with small potatoes, part with large, part large and small to- 

 gether. 



As the result of these experiments I found that the seed 

 from Worthington yielded just double to that planted with my 

 own seed, (although that came from the hills one year ago,) 

 and also that they yielded the most where large and small 

 were planted together, although not' quite as large as where 

 the seed was all large. There was also a difference in favor of 

 the rows where I put lime. The following is the expense of 

 cultivation : — 



Manure, . 



Ploughing, 



Seed, 



Planting and hoeing. 



Harvesting, 



Cr. by 87 bushels Carters, 50c., 

 « 40 « Merinos, 25c, 



$12 00 

 1 50 

 4 00 



3 00 



4 00 



$43 50 

 10 00 



$24 50 



53 50 



Balance, 

 Hadley, Oct. 25, 1852. 



$29 00 



