56 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



An experiment with the so-called Stockbrklge chemical 

 fertilizer has been conducted on the farm during the last 

 season, upon a piece of thin, plain land that had not been 

 manured for several years, — land that would probably not 

 yield over 20 or 25 bushels of corn per acre, without manure. 



The formula for. 50 bushels corn per acre, in addition to the 

 natural production without any fertilizer (which cost $27), 

 was applied to a part of the land, and on an adjoining part of 

 the same quality, green barn-yard manure was applied, at the 

 rate of five cords per acre. The part manured with barn-yard 

 manure ripened somewhat earlier, and, when harvested, the 

 stover was somewhat drier than the other part ; so that really 

 there was but very little difference in the amount of stover 

 grown upon the different lots. One-quarter acre of that 

 grown with the chemical formula produced 35 bushels of ears, 

 at the rate of 70 bushels shelled corn per acre, and 1,005 

 pounds stover. The quarter-acre grown upon the barn-yard 

 manure produced 45 bushels ears, at the rate of 90 bushels 

 shelled corn per acre, and 920 pounds of stover. 



The total amount of products of the farm the last year, is 

 as follows : — 



1 acre of cabbages, . . yielded 2,522 heads. 

 1^ acres of carrots, ..." 820 bushels. 



1 acre 30 rods mangold-wurzels, " 480 " 



2 acres of potatoes, . . " 119 " 



,, c f GO barrels first quality. 



H acres of onions, . . . " ( 2 8 " small. 



f 630 bushels ears. 

 ., c ..I 100 " beets. 



5J acres of corn, . . . i 30 barrels apples. 



[ 70 bushels cider apples. 



f 5 tons. 



10 " corn stover. 

 2 acres of Hungarian grass, . " ■{ ' 4 " corn fodder (cured). 



18 " English hay. 

 [ 19 " meadow hay. 



There have been applied to the farm 266 ox-cart loads of 

 barn-yard manure, equal to 99| cords ; 20 bushels ashes ; 

 $80 worth of commercial fertilizers. 



Benjamin P. Ware, Chairman. 



