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To Dr. Whitney, of Framingham, more than 20 trees, second 

 premium of $5 00. 



Plum Trees. 



To Simon Tuttle, of Acton, for 25 plum trees, set out since 

 1840, rather ordinary, the second premium of $3 00. 



Compost Manure. 



To Augustus Tuttle, of Concord, for the best compost heap, 

 not less than 20 cords, first premium of $10 00. 



NAHUM HARDY, Chairman. 



/Statement of Augustus Tuttle. 



In the first place, I have a lane 20 rods long by 20 feet wide, 

 leading from my barn yard to pasture, where I keep my cattle. 

 In this, I place from fifty to a hundred loads of peat mud, in 

 order to pulverize it, which is done in a short time, by the 

 cattle passing over it. I have a barn 70 feet long, by 40 

 wide, which I built in 1828, with cellar nine feet deep under the 

 whole ; after the mud gets sufficiently pulverized, I cart it (to- 

 gether with loam) into the cellar, to the depth of three feet un- 

 der the stalls, that it may receive and retain the urine, as well 

 as the droppings, for I consider the fertilizing qualities of the 

 urine, nearly equal to that of the droppings. I frequently 

 spread the manure, and throw on fresh mud and loam, also ashes 

 and lime ; and the hogs which I keep in the cellar, I find very 

 useful in mixing the same. My stock, which consists of about 

 twenty head of cattle and two horses, I keep in the barn all the 

 time during the winter, and the manure made in the manner I 

 have described, is, in my opinion, better in most respects, than 

 any other. 



