EXPERIMENTS WITH MANURES. 



ALBERT STRATTON'S STATEMENT. 



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My lot contains forty-five rods; the soil is rather 

 heavy, moist and retentive of manures. The crop of 

 1859 was grass, without manure. It was first plowed 

 seven to eight inches deep, two hundred and forty 

 bushels of barn or stable manure applied, and planted 

 with corn May 25th, in rows three and one-half feet one 

 way and three feet -the other, with a hand-hoe ; was 

 cultivated three times, twice with a horse-hoe and once 

 with a small plow, and followed each time with a hand- 

 hoe ; was harvested Oct. 16th, and the whole product of 

 each lot weighed. 



In making this experiment I divided forty-five rods 

 into five lots, nine rods each; plowed, harrowed and 

 applied the manure according to the directions given for 

 each lot ; but the season has been rather unfavorable 

 for moist land and the harvest not great, but it will 

 show the effects of manure applied at different depths 

 for the first and succeeding crops, other things being 

 e^ual. 



