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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



appointments so frequently arise from miscalculations as to the 

 quantity of manures to be realized from the stock kept, that 

 we add the following: — 



For every thousand pounds of hay, the average droppings 

 will be about 2,400 pounds of solid manure, weighing fifty 

 pounds to the cubic foot. We also copy the following table 

 from Johnson, by which the farmer may evenly apply his ma- 

 nures to the land. 



Example 1. — Required, the number of loads necessary to manure an acre 

 of ground, diving each load into six heaps, and placing three at a distance of 

 4^ yards from each other ? The answer by the table is 39. 



Example 2. — A farmer has a field containing 5^ acres, over -which he wishes 

 to spread 82 loads of manure. Now 82 divided by 5i gives 15 loads per acre* 

 and by referring to the table it will be seen that the desired object will be 

 accomplished by making 4 heaps of a load and placing them 9 yards apart, or 

 by 9 heaps yards apart, as may be most convenient. 



Your Committee venture to make the following calcula- 

 tions: — 



A. S. McKinstry, of Hampden County, raised corn the past 

 season on three separate fields (soil ranging from a good valley 

 loam to a sandy soil) ; average product, 45 bushels corn per 

 acre ; average cost per bushel, for ploughing the land, j)lant- 

 ing, and necessary cultivation, was 28 cents (labor of harvest- 

 ing offset by value of soft corn and the stalks for feeding) ; 

 add for converting some into meal, six cents per bushel, making 



