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730 pounds (against 1,300 pounds last year) ; on the second, 

 only 140 pounds (against 370 pounds). The dry ashes very 

 much increased — the first giving 1,350 pounds (against 900 

 pounds last year) ; on the second, 540 pounds (against 550 

 pounds). The green cow-manure did well both seasons. The 

 leached ashes likewise did well. 



I am satisfied, from a close observation and from practical 

 results, that g-i'een coiv-manure is one of the best fertilizers, and 

 the safest to be used for top-dressing of grass sward. 



The compost lot resulted about the same both years. The 

 results of the two years — 1860 and 1861 — will be found as 

 follows : — 



From the foregoing statements, the dry and leached ashes 

 and cow-manure show the best results as fertilizers ; and, as 

 stated last year, had the months of April and May given their 

 usual quantity of rain, instead of being very dry, the ashes, 

 particularly, would have added very much to the crops ; but 

 vegetation was generally checked, and the ashes did not act so 

 powerfully as they otherwise would. 



The Peruvian guano is a great stimulant^ and can be used 

 for some purposes to great advantage ; but as a durable or 

 permanent top-dressing for grass — excepting for one crop— I 

 should doubt its efficacy. As a proof, witness the first cutting 

 last season, which was 1,600 pounds, and the first cutting of 

 this season, only 730 pounds ; and the second only 140 pounds. 

 In fact, the appearance of the sward at this moment, dressed 



