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of manuring, and that the vahie of new ingredients of 

 compost should be tested by careful experiments, all ef- 

 forts of this kind should be regarded with favor. Hav- 

 ing only one premium to bestow, the committee recom- 

 mend a gratuity of five dollars be presented to Mr. 

 Putnam. And they also recommend that his statement, 

 and that of Mr. Bradley, be published in connexion with 

 this report. 



For the committee, 



J. H. DUNCAN. 

 Haverhill, Dec. 12th, 1842. 



ENOCH BRADLEY'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Grain Crops: 



Gentlemen — In appearing as an apphcant for the 

 premium offered by the Essex Agricultural Society, on 

 crops, I beg leave to submit the following statement of 

 the mode of cultivation pursued and the result of my 

 experiment. The piece of ground selected for the pur- 

 pose was intervale, producing a very small crop of grass, 

 not more than half a ton to the acre, and contained by 

 measurement one acre and eight rods, as appears, by the 

 certificate of the surveyor. The ground was not of uni- 

 form quality ; a ridge comprised in the piece, containing 

 about 20 rods, did not produce more than one half the 

 average product of the rest. In the spring of 1841, I 

 had it broke up and sowed with oats, and in the fall 

 ploughed in the stubble. In the spring of 1842, as ear- 

 ly as practicable, I had hauled upon this piece of ground 

 thirty cart-loads of barn manure, in its green state; there 

 were about three and a half feet to a load; this was spread 

 and ploughed in immediately, that nothing might be lost 

 by exposure. Towards the middle of May it was again 

 ploughed and prepared for planting ; I had it furrowed 

 about three feet apart, and in the furrows of one half 

 the ground, I scattered three bushels of a compost, of 

 lime, ashes and plaster, in equal quantities. The effects 

 of this were quite apparent, in the increased productive- 



