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County to reflect upon the advantages derived from the system, 

 and to establish, when practicable, factories in such localities as 

 are suitable, and add to the value of the products of their county, 

 and also rejuvenate many of their splendid farms, which, under 

 the old system of management, are fast running out. 



REPORT ON MANURES. 



The Committee on Experiments with Manures have had but one 

 applicant for the premium offered by the Society, that of Mr. Charles 

 Breck of Milton, which experiments he has conducted for the last 

 three years, and has rendered a valuable statement each year, as 

 required by vote of the Society. 



Gentlemen must judge for themselves how far Mr. Brock's 

 statements will go to settle the question as to the application of 

 manures ; all will, however, acknowledge that the three annual 

 statements made by him are valuable to the farmer, and have re- 

 quired much time, care and labor, and the Committee, therefore, 

 award him the first premium of twenty-five dollars. 



The subject is far, very far from being exhausted ; we want to 

 know the right form and the right time, in order to secure favor- 

 able results with organic manures, and how far we are depend- 

 ent on soil, climate, wind and weather. 



The Committee think it is well worth a trial to offer a premium 

 on the use and application of inorganic manures, such as ashes, 

 lime, bones, salt, gypsum, &c. All these have been recom- 

 mended by scientific men, who have applied them to their lands, 

 as of great and enduring benefit to the crops, and in the opinion 

 of the Committee they may be made so on nearly all the farms in 

 the county by judicious application. 



For the Committee, 



CHEEVER NEWHALL, Chairman. 



Dorchester, Jan. 8, 1866. 



STATEMENT OF CHARLES BRECK. 



CiiEEVER Newhall, Esq. : 



Chairman of a Committee of the Norfolk Agricultural Society 

 on Experiments with Manures. 



Sill — In concluding my experiments with manures, commenced 

 in 1803, I have to report as follows : — The land was planted the 

 present year with bush beans, with the following result : — 



