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by fifteen inches the other, six beans in a hill; a handful of 

 ashes and plaster mixed was put in each hill on about three- 

 quarters of the lot; on the other part a less quantity of " Coe's 

 super-phosphate of lime " and plaster. 



The beans came up well, and were remarkably vigorous till 

 the drought commenced, when they suffered severely ; it proba- 

 bly lessened the crop more than one-third. That section 

 dressed with super-phosphate of lime was evidently the best. 



This is the only crop on which the beneficial influence of 

 phosphate of lime has been equal to ashes and plaster, and I 

 have tried it on nearly all my crops the present season. 



Statement of Abiel Bassett. 



The quarter of an acre of land on which I raised the crop of 

 white beans entered by me for premium is a light, sandy soil. 

 The first of May we hauled on ten loads of compost manure 

 and ploughed and harrowed the ground. May 22 the ground 

 was furrowed, two feet between furrows, and planted with 

 white beans ; the beans were cultivated once and hoed ; it being 

 a light loam, it was affected by the drought. October 2 the 

 beans were threshed and cleaned, and measured four bushels 

 and a half. 



MIXED CROPS. 



NORFOLK. 



Statement of Chcever Nciohall. 



In order to ascertain whether or not Indian corn and cab- 

 bages could be grown together in alternate rows profitably, I 

 selected what I supposed to be one acre of good clayey loam, 

 which had been in grass seven years, and had been mown and 

 pastured every year. Tlii.j was ploughed in the month of May, 

 nine inches deep, with a Michigan plough; eight loads of night 

 soil, after being thoroughly mixed with about four cords of 



