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to those engaged in the manufacture of straw goods, the Com- 

 mittee indulge the hope that there may be an exhibition worthy of 

 the county where this branch of industry in this country originated, 

 and is carried on to a much greater extent than in any other dis- 

 trict. 



For the Committee, 



M. M. FISHER, Chairman. 



EXPERIMENT IN MANURE. 



HORATIO MASON'S STATEMENT. 



[This statement was not made for premium, but for the com- 

 mendable purpose of attracting the attention of farmers to a valu- 

 able, and heretofore but Httle used, manure.] 



An experiment with horn shavings, or waste from a manufactory 

 of combs. I submit to you the result of that experiment. 



The land varies from gravel loam to hard gravel, and is not in 

 high condition. My first move was to spread what manure I had 

 (about twelve loads) as evenly as I could to the surface, ploughed 

 in the same ten inches deep, and furrowed one way six inches 

 deep, and applied the shavings by strewing them in the furrows at 

 the rate of 1000 povinds per acre. 



I then planted four rows with shavings the entire length of the 

 field, and planted four rows without the shavings the whole length, 

 in alternate rows through the field. About the 15th September, 

 the corn was removed from the field and kept separate, with the 

 following result : — 



Four rows planted on shavings and husked, weighed . 693 lbs. 

 Four rows planted without shavings and husked, weighed 511 lbs. 



Difierence in four rows with shavings, 182 



Or 45| pounds of corn and cob to each row. There were in 

 the piece thirty-two rows, making 1441 pounds of corn and cob to 

 the acre in favor of the shavings. 



HORATIO MASON. 



Hast Medway^ December 1, 1857. 



