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TREADWELL FARM. 



The management of the Treadwcll Farm under Mr. D. F. 

 Maeauley who is the foreman of T. W. Pierce, Esq., has been 

 quite satisfactory to the committee. A very liberal amount of 

 manure and fertilizers has been applied, and, considering: the 

 very severe drought through July and August, the crops have 

 been very satisfactory. As appears by statement, a large 

 amount of work has lieen performed in ploughing up woodwax 

 and digging up bushes in the pasture. Although much remains 

 to be done to exterminate these pests that have gained such 

 strength as to seriously injure the ])asture, the committee are 

 in hopes that, with some effort, another year, they may be 

 thoroughly destroyed. 



Two experiments have been conducted by Mr. Maeauley, the 

 past season, under the advice of the committee, which are in- 

 teresting but not wholly conclusive, details of which are here- 

 with submitted, as gathered from Mr. Macauley's statement, 

 also his statement of the fertilizers applied and crops grown. 



An experiment with two acres of Hungarian grass was 

 made to show the difference in effect, between Bradley's fertil- 

 izer and staltle manure mixed, and Bradley's fertilizer alone. 

 On one acre was applied 200 lbs. of Bradley's fei-tilizer and 

 two cords of stable manure, which produced 6150 lbs. of hay; 

 on the other acre was applied 600 lbs. of Bradley's fertilizer, 

 which produced 5600 lbs. of hay, a difference of 550 lbs. of 

 hay in favor of the manure. The cost of fertilizing the first 

 acre with manure at $8 per cord, would be 120.50, while the 

 cost of fertilizing the second acre with fertilizer alone, would 

 be $13.50, which would make the 550 lbs. of hay cost $7.00, 

 which is, of course, much more than it is worth ; but if, on the 

 other hand, one-half the value of the stable manure is left in 

 the land, as is generally supposed, while none of the value of 

 tlie fertilizer remains, then the net value of the extra crop and 

 50 cents beside, would be in favor of the manure, which prob- 



