MANURES. 



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MIDDLESEX NORTH. 



Statement of J. B. V. Cuburn. 

 I have continued the experiment on the application of 

 manures, <fec., through the season of 1861, and send you the 

 following result. The lots you will perceive from my last year's 

 report contained just one-fourth of an acre of land each, and 

 were ploughed and sowed the third week in April ; ploughed 

 about seven inches deep ; harrowed once before and twice after 

 sowing; sowed about two bushels to the acre. Each lot was 

 harvested and threshed separate, and the result is as follows : — 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



Statement of W. G. Wyman. 



Being requested by last year's committee on experiments to 

 notice and publish the condition of my field this year, I offer the 

 following statement of the continuation in 1861 with grass, of 

 my experiment commenced in 1860 with wheat, on the effects 

 of different kinds of fertilizers, as compared with none. The 

 division of the field into lots, and the numbers of them, are the 

 same as in 1860. 



The weight of clover hay and rowen, when thoroughly dried 

 on an average rod, is as follows : — 



No. 1, hay, 41 lbs. ; rowen, 21 lbs. ; total, 02. Rate per acre, 4 tons, 1,920 lbs. 



2, «' 37 " 12 " 49. " " 3 " 1,840 



3, " 33 " 21 " 54. " " 4 " G40 



4, " 28 « ~8 " 36. " " 2 " 1,760 



