though it is not probable that land regularly cropped can 

 be enriched, or even kept from deterioraiing for any length 

 of time, by any process, without occasionally applying man- 

 ure, yet it is believed that turning in crops, green or dry, 

 may be found to be an important part of an enriching pro- 

 cess. 



In Mr. Porter's statement, in 1851, of the management 

 of his farm, we are informed that turning in a clover lay 

 constituted a part of his method of bringing his land to a 

 highly productive state. And as he is still carrying on that 

 system of rotation, it is much to be desired that he would 

 furnish us with a detailed statement, from which might be 

 learned the value of this part of the process. In other por- 

 tions of the county, and even of our State, a clover lay 

 turned in, has been considered almost essential to the suc- 

 cessful cultivation of some soils, and no good reason is 

 known to exist, why it should not be equally beneficial in 

 this county. 



In the absence of any claim for premium on this subject, 

 these suggestions are offered, with the hope of induc- 

 ing some one to furnish us with the result of further experi- 

 ments. 



John Kb^ly, Chairman, 



IMPROVING PASTURE LAND. 



If we rightly understand the object of the Society in offer- 

 ing this premium, it is to collect and diffuse such informa- 

 tion upon the management of pasture land, as will give 

 increased attention to the subject of grazing land, and not, 

 as some have thought, to the reclaiming of pastured land for 

 the purpose of tillage. It is a fact obyious to all, that the 

 pastures have been neglected in this County for the last 



