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I have given both a fair trial, extending over quite a num- 

 ber of years, submitted them to repeated tests, and am satis- 

 fied in my own mind that they have a value which is not by 

 all appreciated. 



As to the statement, I can furnish responsible parties who 

 will act as vouchers should it be desired ; and no inaccuracies 

 of accounts in the main will be found. 



Leaving all to your better judgment, the whole is very re- 

 spectfully submitted. 



MANUEES. 



Three statements of experiments with Manures have been 

 received by the Chairman of the Committee. They came 

 from Benjamin P. Ware of Marblehead, James P. King of 

 Peabody, and Francis H. Appleton of West Peabody. The 

 first premium, of $15, is awarded to Mr. Ware ; the second, of 

 $10, to Mr. King. Mr. Appleton's statement came after the 

 Trustees' meeting, at which the awards were accepted, and 

 therefore too late for a premium, but not too late for the 

 Society to get the benefit of his experiment. 



Mr. Ware's statement leads one to infer that the main 

 pomt of his experiment was to determine which of two prom- 

 inent commercial fertilizers is the best for his land. For that 

 purpose the experiment was very successful, for one gave a 

 much better crop of corn than the other. But as Mr. Ware 

 did not test the productive capacity of the land without ma- 

 nure, we have no data from which to calculate the cost of 

 the corn produced by either fertilizer. 



The main point of Mr. King's experiment seems to have 

 been to determine whether it is good economy for him to grow 

 corn with the Stockbridge Fertilizer. His crop was large ; 

 his land was evidently in good condition without the fertilizer, 

 but as he did not test its capacity, we cannot tell how much 

 the fertilizer increased the crop. 



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