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picking up and carting, suflicient to construct all the ordinary 

 buildings desirable. And when the house or barn is com- 

 pleted it is not a perishable wooden structure, requiring fre- 

 quent repainting, but it appears to be of such a nature as to 

 equal brick or stone in its durability. The Committee would 

 award for this experiment the sum of $15,00. 



The second entry was made by Joseph Upton, Jr., from 

 whose statement we learn that in raising corn 200 lbs. of 

 guano were about equal in effect to 10 ox cart loads of compost 

 manure. The kind of soil is not staled. The result would 

 have been more exact if a rod of the corn from each portion 

 had been weighed and compared. So far as one experiment 

 goes, and this is a very good one, it should induce among our 

 farmers a more extended use of guano — not, perhaps, to 

 supercede the use of ordinary barn yard manures, but in 

 addition to them. Our own observations would seem to in- 

 dicate that money expended for guano, or Mapes' improved 

 super phosphate of lime, is more judiciously and profitably 

 used than when paid for stable manures at an^^thing like 

 their ordinary prices. 



We award to Mr. Upton for this experiment $5,00, and 

 recommend that he should treat the whole field alike next 

 season, and report upon the comparative crops of the two 

 portions ; for it is possible that in the long run, guano will 

 not sustain the reputation which it acquires during the first 

 season. 



The last entry was made by Calvin M. Woodward, a 

 minor, whose experiment in raising potatoes was very satis- 

 factorily conducted. The only thing lacking, as indicated in 

 his statement, is the want of information relative to the 

 comparative cost of the different manures, which is really an 

 important item. So far as we can judge, however, the most 

 expensive manure proved the most profitable one by far. 



The Committee award to C. M. Woodward the special 

 premium of $4,00 offered by the Society. 



JABEZ FISHER, Chairman. 

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