150 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



I marked off one additional Lot, which is numbered " 6," 

 and cultivated that — as is the usual practice on the farm — 

 precisely like No. 3, except that we apply to the hills about two 

 cords of night-soil and meadow mud well mixed, to the acre. 



The result Of this Lot was as follows : — 



September 14th, weight of corn and stalks. Lot No. 6 

 weighed 840 pounds. 



Weight, Hushed and Shelled. 



Actual 



weight in 



Ear. 



Estimated 

 Shelled. 



20 Sqcare Bods. 



Estimated 

 in Ear. 



Estimated 

 Shelled. 



Estimated. 

 Shelled. 



Lot No. 6, . 



Weight of Stover. 

 Lot No. 6, 



lbs. 



254 



lbs. 



187 



Actual weight. 



586 lbs. 



lbs. 



762 



lbs. 



21 



Estimated. 



1,758 lbs. 



bushels. 



74.48 



Estimated. 



7.64 tons. 



PLYMOUTH. 



Statement of Spencer Leonard, Jr. 



Having entered as a competitor for the premium offered for 

 the best experiment in the application of manures, payable in 

 1860, I will give you an account of my operations. 



The lot of land selected was a warm, sandy loam, of very 

 even quality, had been in grass four years, producing about 

 fifteen hundred pounds of hay to the acre. 



May 4th, 5th and 6th, 1858, applied twelve cartloads of good 

 manure, of thirty-eight cubic feet each, upon one-half of the 

 acre, and ploughed the whole acre about seven inches deep ; 

 four or five days after, the same amount of manure, and of a 

 like quality, was spread upon the other half, and the whole 



