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In our opinion Mr. Jenkins's experiments and statement are 

 satisfactory, and entitle him to a premium of ^20 00 



Respectfully submitted by, 



Daniel P. King. 



New Rowley, Sep. 25th 1834., 



EBENEZER JENKINS S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee of the Essex Agricultural Society, on Irri- 

 gation. 



Gentlemen — 



I present you with the following as a statement of 

 my method of irrigating my mowing land. In the spring of 1831, I 

 purchased of a neighbor for twenty dollars, the privilege of con- 

 ducting the water from a constant brook, through his pasture, for 

 the term of ten years : I then made a canal or ditch about fifty 

 rods in length, after constructing a wooden dam across the brook ; 

 and on the 31st of April conducted the water on to one acre of 

 sandy field land. This land has a gentle slope towards the south, 

 had been four years in grass and the average crop was about one 

 half ton. I stopped the flowing of the water, June 25th. The 

 hay when made was estimated by judicious neighbors to be two 



ions. 



In 1832, 1 continued and extended the experiment. On the 

 acre abovf named, I obtained about two-thirds as much hay as 

 last ye?-' On the two acres, covered with water, for the first 

 seas*^"? I obtained by estimation 3 tons of clover hay. Method 

 o/'flowing the same as in 1831. 



In 1833, I applied a light top dressing of compost manure, 

 which I obtained by ploughing a yard where I had watered my 

 cattle one winter. It amounted to about four cords, was mixed 

 fine, thrown into a heap where it laid through one winter, and 

 was spread in the spring. I obtained this year by estimation 

 from 23 to 27 cwt per acre. 



In 1834 in the spring, I spread on about four acres eight cords 

 of compost manure which I bought for $2 50 per cord. The 



