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statement. 



Pierce Farm, Nov. 6, 1884. 

 Mr. Chas. P. Preston, Secretary E. A. Societ//: 



Dear Sir: — I am glad to be able to report, that there 

 has been a very fruitful and prosperous year, on the Tread- 

 well Farm, as it is now ended with a bountiful harvest. 



I have applied, during the season, — 20 cords slaughter- 

 house manure, 54 cords stable manure, 115 bush, unleached 

 ashes, 500 lbs. Bradley's Fertilizer. 



PRODUCT. 



1816 bush, corn, 35 tons, 850 lbs. stover (weighed), 18 

 tons, 925 lbs. Hungarian (weighed), 6^ tons English hay 

 (weighed), 10 tons rye straw (estimated), 115 bush, rye, 58 

 tons 1150 lbs. mangel wurtzel, 14 bush, beans, 9 bbls. 

 apjples, 9 tons meadow hay, were grown on the farm, the 

 past year. 



An experiment with two acres of Hungarian was made, 

 to show the effect between stable manure and ashes, with 

 result as follows : — On one acre, was applied three cords 

 stable manure, harrowed in ; producing 5275 lbs. of hay. 

 On the other acre, sixty bushels unleached ashes, producing 

 3810 lbs.; that grown on ashes being superior in quality to 

 that on the stable manure, with less weeds in it. 



Another experiment, with mangolds was made, to show 

 the difference between ashes and Bradley's Fertilizer, and 

 also between level and ridge culture. The entire piece had 

 fonr cords of manure to the acre, ploughed in. One-half 

 acre was sown on the level, and one-tenth part of the seed 

 did not come up. I think it was owing to a heavy rain two 

 days after sowing. Later, it v/as seeded to Hungarian. 

 Another half-acre, ridge culture, with 850 lbs. of Bradley's 

 Fertilizer applied, produced 24,475 lbs. mangolds. Another 

 half-acre, with twenty bushels unleached ashes applied, pro- 

 duced 20,325 lbs. mangolds. Those which were grown on 



