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wheat, three quarts redtop, one quart Timothy, and one-half 

 pound red clover seed, to each of the five parts. July 31st the 

 wheat was reaped, and the products of each part were as 

 follows, viz. : 



No. 1, . 



2 



3, . 



4, . 



5, . 



Wheat, 321 lbs. Stover, 51| lbs. 



Wheat, 28 

 Wheat, 34 

 Wheat, 23 

 Wheat, 14 



Stover, 71 

 Stover, 103 

 Stover, 90| 

 Stover, 19 



The wheat came up thinly, and at first seemed to have good 

 heads, but the ends were filled with lice, which did the grain 

 much harm. Allowing sixty pounds to the bushel — 



Edward W. Gardner'' s Statement of the results of his Experi- 

 viental Application of Manures, entered for Premium, in 

 1861. 



The land selected this year, joins that experimented upon 

 last year, and is of about the same quality, sandy loam on a 

 subsoil of clay and gravel, rather moist, and retentive of 

 manures. It received, last year, about thirty loads of manure 

 to the acre, which was ploughed in eight inches deep, and was 

 planted with corn, and produced a good crop. It measures 

 forty-five feet by two hundred and fifty-five, and was divided 

 into five equal parts of forty-five by fifty-one feet. April 1st, 



