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fish, one with compost of soda ash and mud, and one with compost 

 of hme, salt, and mud, each at the rate of eight cords to the 

 acre. That portion on which plaster was used looked feeble all 

 the season. The furrows manured shew a thrifty growth of vines, 

 four times as heavy as those with plaster. At the time for first 

 hoeing I split the old corn hills, turning the earth towards the 

 potatqes, having previously harrowed across the rows with a Buck- 

 lin harrow. As the sprouts had but just begun to appear, no injury 

 was done to them by the harrow ; but a thorough cultivation was 

 eifected without the use of the hoe, and the growth of weeds was 

 checked. They were subsequently cultivated, and hoed twice and 

 harvested early in September. No rotten tubers were observed. 

 All those raised with manure were of uniform and good size, and 

 were sold in the market without sortino-. Of those raised on 

 plaster, full one-third were too small for market or the table. 

 Annexed you have a statement of costs and results. 



$26.25 



The product was 60 bushels. The experimental drills pro- 

 duced as follows : 



One with horse manure, 321 lbs., equal to 214 bush, per acre, 

 fish compost, 301 " " 200 



lime compost, 249 " " 166 



soda ash, 205 " " 137 



plaster, 83 " " 55 



Cost per bushel, with horse manure, 29 cents ; with fish com- 

 post, 30 cents ; with lime, 37 cents ; with soda ash, 45 cents ; 

 with plaster, 60 cents. 



H. L. Stone. 

 Crraiitville, Nov. 1, 1862. 





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