14 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



of two acres each run lengthwise of the whole piece, and the 

 one acre without plaster run cross-wise through all the lots. 



Onions. — Sow one acre with onions, manured with six cords 

 of barn manure, fifty bushels leached ashes, and one hundred 

 pounds of plaster. Tlie ashes and plaster to be spread and 

 cultivated in, the ashes to go over the whole acre, making a 

 memorandum of the bounds for experiment. 



Turnips. — Four acres. Spread twenty cords of barn manure 

 and cultivate it in. On one acre put twenty-five bushels ashes, 

 one hundred twenty-five pounds plaster, fifty pounds bone dust, 

 and sow ruta-bagas, (River's stubble Swede) ; the bone dust to 

 be put in the drill. One acre purple top strap leaf in drill, 

 sown as early as the ground is suitable, manured as above. 

 This crop to be followed by a second crop of the same turnip. 

 The third and fourth acres sow with oats for soiling, and follow 

 the oats with purple top strap leaf, using twenty-five bushels 

 ashes per acre ; on one acre- a dollar's worth of plaster and on 

 the other a dollar's worth of bone-dust in the drill. 



Carrots. — Two- acres, manured with twelve cords barn 

 manure cultivated in, and fifty bushels ashes per acre harrowed 

 in, and on one acre one hundred pounds plaster harrowed or 

 brushed in with the ashes. Time of sowing to be as early as 

 practicable. 



Beets. — Two acres, manured with twelve cords barn manure 

 broadcast, cultivated in, and one hundred bushels ashes, and 

 on one acre one hundred pounds plaster harrowed or brushed 

 in. 



Corn Fodder. — On one acre, manured with four cords barn 

 manure spread and harrowed in ; one-half of it to be sown 

 with Stowell's evergreen, the other with Southern corn. 



Blillet. — One acre manured with four cords of barn manure 

 spread and cultivated in. 



Potatoes. — Four acres, manured witli five cords per acre of 

 barn manure spread and cultivated in. Number tliese acres, 1, 

 2, 3, and 4. On number 1, put Jersey marl in the hill; on 

 n-umber 2, put ten bushels ashes in the hill ; on numbers o and 4, 

 the same quanty of ashes per acre, and one hundred pounds 

 plaster to the acre. Use Davis's seedling variety on the wliole. 



Indian Corn. — Four acres manured with seven and a half 

 cords per acre of barn manure cultivated in, ten bushels of 



