92 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The first six acres, in the order of numbering, had been 

 planted three years in succession with corn, and manured with 

 the same kind of fertilizers, except No. 3, which was guanoed 

 in the hill. In 1854-5 the fertilizers were used in the hill, but 

 in 1856 mixed with moist loam and sown broadcast in damp 

 weather and covered with the harrow. 



The corn came up well and grew thriftily until tlie first of 

 August, when an unfavorable change became apparent. On 

 No. 1, the ears were large, long and sound. Upon 2, 3, 4, 5, 

 the corn was not so good. No. 6, was sound and handsome, 

 but not equal to No. 1. 



No. 7 was manured with two dressings, one before ploughing, 

 of 45 loads of 326 gallons per acre, and the other of 30 loads 

 at the time of the second hoeing. Until August, the corn 

 looked very inferior. It then put on a thrifty appearance. 



Again, two acres were manured with barn-cellar compost, 

 8^ cords per acre, spread and ploughed in. The yield was 77 

 bushels of ears per acre. This piece of land had been planted 

 six years with corn. For the above named crop it was manured 

 with a compost of swamp muck, cornstalks and waste, with lime, 

 which will account for its deficiency. 



Two other acres were manured also with 8|- cords of barn 

 cellar compost, and 150 pounds of guano per acre, and produced 

 146 bushels of ears per acre. The corn was large and sound. 



Another two acre lot was manured with 8^ cords of barn 

 cellar manure per acxe ; yield, 123 bushels of ears per acre. 

 These last lots had been planted to corn three years in succes- 

 sion, and 8i cords of barn cellar manure were applied per acre 

 each year, spread and ploughed in, witli the exception of 

 one, which received $6 worth of barn cellar manure and 300 

 pounds of super-phosphate of lime. The field of fourteen 

 acres was ploughed nine inches deep, planted in hills three feet 

 by two and a half apart. May 28 and 29, with " smutty white," 

 or Plymouth corn, thoroughly hoed three times, harvested and 

 measured with results as stated. 



Five acres, after having produced a crop of rye the year 

 previous was manured with stable compost and guano, and 

 produced 36 bushels of ears of corn per acre. The land is 

 inferior in quality, not easy of access, and has, therefore, been 

 ■lightly manured in former years. 



