20 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



better on acre No. 1, owing to its lying near the ■wall, acres 

 No. 2 and 3 lying at a distance from it, but the mixture of 

 plaster and ashes in the hill on Nos. 2 and 3, may be a further 

 reason for the reduced crop. 



On two rows of the potatoes planted with Jersey marl in the 

 hill, an equal quantity of seed was taken for each, hi one of 

 these rows the seed was cut and planted in the drill, and in 

 the other the seed was planted uncut, in the hill. Both rows 

 received the same quantity of marl, and the row planted in 

 the drill yielded -}^ths of a bushel more than the row in hills. 



The third of acre No. 4 manured with Jersey marl in the 

 hill, yielded 32-j'g bushels ; the third manured with ashes in 

 the hill, yielded 28| bushels ; and the third without manure in 

 the hill, yielded 31 bushels. 



Six and a half acres, in the Sibley lot, so called, wore planted 

 with potatoes, the land being broken up about the 15tli of April. 

 One acre and a half was manured with 15 bushels of leached 

 ashes in the hill, and planted May 22, with 8 bushels of black 

 potatoes to the acre. They were dug September 27, and 

 measured 187 bushels. 



One acre and a half was manured with 150 pounds of plaster 

 and 15 bushels leached ashes mixed and put in the hill, and 

 planted ou May 22 and 23, with 8 bushels per acre of Dover 

 potatoes ; dug September 28, and yielded 167 bushels. 



One acre and a half was manured with super-phosphate of 

 lime, at the rate of 150 pounds per acre, mixed with 100 pounds 

 plaster in the hill, and planted May 22, with eight bushels 

 Lincoln seedling potatoes per acre. They were dug September 

 29, and yielded '232 bushels. 



An acre and a half of this lot was manured with 450 pounds 

 of Coe's super-i)hosphate per acre, and planted on the 22d and 

 23d of May, with 8 bushels of the State of Maine potato per 

 acre. The crop when dug on September 13, gave 230 bushels. 



An acre and a half of this lot was planted on the 22d and 

 23d of May, without manure of any kind, the seed used being 

 known as the Maine seedling. They were dug September 13, 

 and yielded 89 bushels. 



INDIAN CORN. 



Four acres, on the plain, were planted with Indian corn, 

 manured with seven and a half cords of barn manure per 

 acre, spread broadcast and cultivated in, and 10 bushels of 

 leached ashes mixed with 100 pounds of plaster, per acre, put 

 around the corn at the time of the first hoeing. The seed was 

 the variety known as the Brigham corn, and was planted Juno 

 1, in alternate rows of hills and drills, the rows three feet apart, 

 and the hills in the rows three feet apart. Tlie rows in the 



