142 MASSACnUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



At $10 per ton for tlie hay and rowen, the value of the 

 fertilizers for the present crop, per acre, is as follows : — 



Stable manure on No. 1, 8-0.80 for 2 tons and 160 lbs. increase. 

 Ground bone on 2, 10.40 " 1 ton " 80 " 



Super-phosphate on 3, 11.40 " 1 " " 880 " 



As compared with no manure on No. 4. 



By comparing this with last year's statement, published on 

 the seventy-eighth page of the Report for 1860, it will be seen 

 that the value of the fertilizers for the two crops, — wheat in 

 1860, at $1.25 per bushel, and hay in 1861, at $10 per ton,— 

 is as follows : — 



Stable manure, f525.80 per acre; cost, $18.00; net gain, |7.80 per acre. 

 Ground bone, 12.07 " " 7.50 " 4.57 « 



Super-phosphate, 17.73 " " 6.25 " 11.48 " 



The wheat stubble and young clover was mowed and taken 

 off in September, 1860. The clover was mowed July 13th, and 

 the rowen September 9th, 1861. 



Statement of Albert Stratton. 

 Statement of the progress of the forty-five rods of land on 

 ■which I made the different applications of manure last year, to 

 a corn crop. This year ploughed once, the 18th of May, seven 

 inches deep, harrowed well ; sowed one bushel of oats on the 

 five lots, or six and two-fifths quarts on each lot, harrowed and 

 brushed in the seed, oats and grass ; harvested August 17th 

 with hand cradle ; put in stocks one week ; threshed and 

 weighed as follows : — 



No. 1, . . . oats, 54 lbs; straw, 115 lbs. 



2, . . . 



3, . . . 



4, . . . 



5, . . . 



Statement of Isaac B. Woodivard. 

 Last year I furnished you with a statement of my experiment 

 on the use of manures, and the result, as far as an almost 

 total failure of the crop seemed to require. I will now state 



