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management, and produced seventy nine and five 

 eighths bushels the acre, double that quantity the 

 two acres by admeasurement; or, by weight at fifty 

 six pounds the bushel, one hundred and sixty six 

 and four fifths bushels the two acres. The same ab- 

 solutely weighing fifty eight and two thirds pounds 

 the bushel; all which is corroborated by statement 

 of James Flanders, who was employed by me during 

 its growth, and also assisted in gathering it. 



The two acres were admeasured and staked off by 

 J. P. Saunders, of Salem, whose certificate is here- 

 with submitted. 



Yours respectfully, 



FRANCIS DODGE. 



Danvers, November 7, 1840. 



ON EXPERIMENTS ON MANURES. 



To the Trustees of the Essex Agricultural Society. 



Gentlemen- — The committee to whom was refer- 

 red the communication of Doctor Andrew Nichols, 

 on the subject of compost manures, have at several 

 times visited his farm in Middleton, where he has 

 made experiments. The soil is naturally light, and 

 for many years has been severely cropped without 

 receiving much manure. The number of live stock 

 kept upon the farm is small, and but little manure 

 has been purchased. The distance from any place 

 where animal manure can be purchased at a rea- 

 sonable rate, seems almost to preclude this means 

 of obtaining it. Under such difficulties Dr. Nichols 

 has been very successful in the manufacture and 

 application of a compost, the ingredients of which 



