444 NORFOLK SOCIETY. 



Mr. Weld's account of the quantity, quality and cost of the 

 manure, the expense of cultivation, together with the cost of 

 clearing, and the expense of laying 116 rods of stone wall, is 

 hereto appended and makes a part of this report. ]t will be 

 perceived by the statement of Mr. Weld, that the manure 

 applied last year was principally meadow mud, and that he 

 applied this year on the whole six acres, but five cords of barn- 

 yard manure, together with twenty-five cords of meadow mud 

 and leaf mould, composted with sixty barrels of tainted fish, 

 which shows the great value of this, and similar matter when 

 properly composted and applied to the land. 



It further appears, by his statement, that by an expenditure 

 of eighteen dollars per acre in reclaiming his land, which was 

 unproductive and of little value, he has succeeded in obtaining 

 valuable crops of corn, which have paid the expense of manur- 

 ing and cultivating, and yielded a net income of fourteen dol- 

 lars per acre annually for the last two years. In addition to 

 this amount of income, the committee believe that one-third 

 of the manure applied the last two years is yet unexhausted, 

 that the land should receive credit for one-third of the cost of 

 the manure so applied, ($7 30,) which, added to the income, 

 as before stated, will increase the profits to $21 30 per acre 

 annually. 



The success of Mr. Weld, in the use of compost, we hope 

 will induce the farmer to save all the refuse matter of every 

 kind upon his premises, and obtain all he can elsewhere at a 

 reasonable cost ; to bear in mind that every animal and vege- 

 table substance can be made to become the food for plants, 

 and produce astonishing results by a judicious admixture with 

 the soil. 



The art of applying guano, bones, lime, clay and plaster of 

 of Paris to the soil, is fast becoming known, and he who omits 

 to inform himself of their proper application will find that he 

 is unable to pursue his labors to a profit, that he cannot com- 

 pete against the augmented profits arising out of a stientific 

 application of manure and labor to the purposes of the farm. 



Your committee believe that the object of our society is to 

 improve and perfect agriculture ; that we should award our 

 premiums to those who produce the greatest quantity at the 

 least cost, and nothing is more conducive to such results than 



