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EXPERIMENTS. 



W. a. WYMAN'S STATEMENT. 



MANURES FOR WHEAT. 



The following is a correct statement of the experiment 

 with manures for wheat, which I entered for a premium. 



I sowed wheat on a field which was planted with corn 

 in 1858 and 1859, and manured with about four cords 

 of compost, and thirty bushels ashes per acre each year ; 

 the soil being a light loam upon a heavy sub-soil. After 

 plowing in April, about seven inches deep, and crossing 

 with a horse-hoe, I divived the field into four lots, and 

 applied to lot No. 1, stable manure from my barn cellar, 

 at the rate of three cords per acre, worth $6,00 per 

 cord, $18,00 per acre ; to No. 2, Coe's ground bone, at 

 the rate of 500 lbs. per acre, worth H cents p?r lb., 

 $7,50 per acre; to No. 3, Coe's superphosphate of lime, 

 at the rate of 250 lbs. per acre, worth 2i cents per lb., 

 $6,25 cents per acre; to No. 4, no manure of any kind; 

 sowed wheat, with, unfortunately, a sprinkling of oats, 

 at the rate of two bushels per acre, and grass seed on 

 the 21st of April; harrowed and rolled, treating the 

 several lots precisely alike, with the exception of ferti- 

 lizing. On the 16th of August, a member of the Com- 

 mittee selected an average rod of each lot, which was 

 carefully harvested, and when thoroughly dried, was 

 weighed before being threshed, with the following result: 

 that from No. 1, weighed 48 lbs.; No. 2, 44 lbs.; No. 3, 

 45 lbs.; No. 4, 40 i lbs.; it was then threshed, cleaned 

 and kept separate until November 9th, when the grain 

 weighed as follows, viz : No. 1, Hi lbs.; No. 2, lOi lbs.; 

 No. 3, 11 lbs.; No. 4, 10 lbs. 



The division of the field is so marked, that the experi- 

 ment can be continued with the grass, if desirable. 



