

STATEMENTS OF AARON D. WELD. 



Cheever Newhall, Esq. : 



Dear Sir, — Having notified you verbally of my intention to 

 compete for the premium offered by the Norfolk Agricultural 

 Society, for " experiments 'with manures," I now submit my report 

 for the year 1862, the first of this series. 



A level piece of land, containing one hundred square rods, was 

 selected for the purpose, and divided into five lots of twenty 

 square rods each. The soil is composed of black peat mud, has 

 been down to grass seven years and was ploughed last fall. 



This spring it was ploughed and the manure applied according 

 to the requirements of the State Board of Agriculture, — pre- 

 cisely in the same manner and quantity as in my Report on Ex- 

 periments with Manures, in 1861, to which reference is had on 

 page 34 of the Transactions of that year. It may be proper to 

 state that the cut-worm again attacked the lots on which we were 

 experimenting, which prevented a larger quantity to estimate upon. 



Well rotted stable manure was used at the rate of six cords to 

 the acre. 



May 17th the whole piece Avas planted with corn, five hundred 

 and six hills in each lot. Cultivated and hoed the field June 11th 

 and July 2d. September 23d the corn was cut up and shocked, 

 and one row in each lot, being twenty-two hills, was set aside to 

 estimate upon. 



October 24th the corn was husked and weighed, and a part 

 shelled with the following estimated result : 



Actual weight of 1-23 of each lot. Calculations for 1862. 



20 7'ods 1-8 of an acre. 



