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For convenience, I propose to reduce the results of the 

 experiments to an acre, each lot, and summarize them as fol- 

 lows : — 



Lot No. 1, fertilized with Darling's Animal Fertilizer, pro- 

 duced 60 9-10 bushels shelled corn, at a cost of 52 cts. per 

 bushel. In 1877, on same lot and with same fertilizer, cost 

 39 cts. per bushel. 



Lot No. 2, fertilized w^ith Stockbridge Fertilizer, produced 

 61 38-100 bushels, at a cost of 50 9-10 cts. per bushel. In 

 1877, on same lot, with same fertilizer, cost 62 1-2 cts. per 

 bushel. 



Lot No. 3, with no fertilizer of any kind, produced 39 1-2 

 bushels, at a cost of 11 1-3 cts. per bushel. 



Lot No. 4, fertilized with cow manure, produced 53 bush- 

 els, at a cost of 85 cts. per bushel. 



Benjamin P. Waee. 



STATEMENT OF EDMUND SMITH. 



The soil on which this crop was raised is a dark sand. It 

 is in Newbury, near Plum Bush Bridge, on the Plum Island 

 Turnpike, and contains one acre. It is very little higher 

 than the marsh adjoining, and is often covered by the tide. 

 It has been in grass, but was pretty well run out. In 1877 

 it produced only three hundred pounds of hay. It w^as 

 ploughed and harrowed May 28th. It was furrowed, and the 

 fertilizers applied, the 29th, and one peck of corn planted the 

 next day, the 30th ; 400 lbs. of Stockbridge corn fertiliz- 

 er costing $12.32, was applied to one-half by measure, and 

 334 lbs. of Darling's Animal Fertilizer, costing $7.52, to the 

 other half; they were both applied by dropping a handful in 

 the hill, covering with a hoe, with about three inches of soil, 

 dropping five kernels of corn in the hill, and covering w^ith 

 the hoe, about three inches ; the whole came up well, and 

 grew rapidly. Cultivated both ways, and hoed the last week 

 in June. Cultivated both ways July 23d ; hoed August 2d 

 and 3d. The crop was cut October 1st, tied in bundles, six 

 hills to a bundle, and put in stooks immediately about twelve 



