94 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



No. Bush, of cars per acre. 



1. Stable compost, ......... 99 



2. Guano, (com did not come np well,) 59 



3. Potash, ■ ... 70 



4. Mapes' super-pliosphate, 86 



5. De Burg's super-phosphate, 72^ 



6. Muriate of lime, 65 



Expense of fertilizers per acre, 1855, $12 00 



Synopsis of the three years, in their order, giving' the number of 

 bushels of ears of corn per year. 



t Muriate of Lime. 



X Manure and Muriate of Lime. 



In relation to the fertilizers used for corn, stable manures 

 have been and will continue to be appropriate. Guano mixed 

 with these and ploughed in before heating, has proved beneficial, 

 by giving an excess of 23 bushels of ears of corn for 150 pounds 

 of guano as seen in the experiments above. The application 

 of guano to the old pasture, which had never been manured, 

 as seen, produced exceedingly good results, as in the seven 

 acres of the Brigham lot, and would seem to warrant its appli- 

 cation by farmers to such land, as a very cheap fertilizer, if $9 

 worth per acre, as in this case, produces 87 bushels of ears of 

 corn per acre. 



With respect to the uses of Indian corn and Indian meal, a 

 volume might be written. I do not propose to enter very 

 minutely into detail on this part of the subject. 



Count Rumford maintained that practically Indian corn was 

 next to wheat the most nutritive of the grains. It is more 



