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Averao-e of thermometer in May 58°; in June 68.51°; July 70.72°; 

 August 09.72; September 67.18°. 



May was about 1|° warmer than the average for the last 17 years. 



June " 2i° " " " " ■ " "17 " and the 



warmest June since 1851. 



July was i° warmer than the average, but not so warm as last summer 

 (1864) by 1°. . 



Au"-ust v«ras 1° warmer than the average, but not so warm as the two 

 preceding summers by 2^°. 



September was about 5° warmer than the average, and 2^° warmer than 

 any Septeniber for the last 1 7 years. 



The past summer has been the warmest since the experiment was com- 

 menced, and about 2° warmer than the average of the two preceding 

 summers. 



No. 5 this year has not done as well as last year, being ^12.46 

 behind the average of the four which had manure. 



No. 6 this year has a gain of $5.41 over the other lots, which 

 sum, added to the surplus of the two preceding years, makes 

 $45.41, and, no doubt, if the experiment was continued, it would, 

 at least, amount to $50, a sum which would well pay for using a 

 liberal quantity of manure. 



The question often comes up, wdiat portion of the manure does 

 the first crop take up ? It seems that this experiment might go 

 far towards settling that question. The gain from the manure 

 the first year was $30.35, the two last years it has been $17.19, 

 and probably what remains in the ground would make it up to 

 $20, from which it appears that the first crop took up about 

 three-fifths of the manure. 



The result of the experiment seems to be this : — 



The first year. No. 3 first, No. 1 second, No. 2 third, No. 4 the poorest. 

 Second year, No. 4 " No. 3 " No. 1 " No. 2 



Third year. No. 3 " No. 4 " No. 2 " No. 1 " 



If any thing is to be learned from this trial, it is that the ma- 

 nure should be kept near the surface of the ground, as only in one 



