24 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



From the memoranda of the farmer, the following statement is 

 collated in relation to the 



HAY CROP. 



English hay, ...... 



Meadow hay, ...... 



* Oats for fodder, ...... 



English hay, purchased standing on Fay Farm, 



Total amount of fodder, ... . 93 tons 390 lhs. 



In review of the foregoing statements, important facts may be 

 deduced in regard to the relative value of fertilizers. Stable manures 

 have always proved, and will doubtless continue to be, of standard 

 value. We would by no means detract from their worth, but would 

 urge the utmost care in their production, preservation and applica- 

 tion. But where these are insufficient, and cannot be easily applied. 

 others must be used, and it becomes a point of vast importance to 

 agriculturists to ascertain their comparative value and adaptation 

 to soils and crops. On this subject, our experiments, though tried in 

 an unfavorable season, and less satisfactory than we could wish, 

 reflect some light. 



In relation to guano, they confirm the general sentiment which 

 has obtained, both in this country and in England, from its use, and 

 assign it a place among the most economical and valuable fertilizers. 

 It possesses peculiar advantages in humid climates and in clayey and 

 carbonaceous soils, where evaporation is less active than in thin or 

 silicious grounds. Hence in England its use has been continually 

 increasing ; and here, as there, it has proved not only useful for all 

 crops, but peculiarly successful in the potato and wheat crops. The 

 doubts which have been expressed in relation to its durability and 

 utility may be ascribed to its limited use and the want of scientific 

 application; and these remarks, to a greater or less extent, will apply 

 to all other concentrated manures. Much is yet to be learned, 

 and additional experiments are requisite to settle our opinions re- 

 specting them. 



Therefore your committee recommend ;i continuation of similar 

 experiments (luring the next year, in the hope of a more propitious 

 BeaBon and more reliable results. 



'•II of which is respectfully submitted. 



M \ EISH v i i- I'. Wi i.ui:k. 



John a. Nash. 



* The oats were so injured by the drought that they were cut for fodder and 

 considered worth about the same as English hay. 



