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and housed, was equal in value to English hay, and gave 

 evidence in support of his claim. Some thirteen gentle- 

 men took part in the discussion which followed. Some, 

 while admitting its value, believed that Mr. Ware's esti- 

 mate of value was set much too high. 



The afternoon meeting was opened by Dr. Wm. Cogs- 

 well, of Bradford, with an essay on "The Building and 

 Repairing of Country Roads," which contained many val- 

 uable suggestions on the subject. The discussion which 

 followed brought out practical ideas from Surveyors of 

 Highways and road builders located in various parts of 

 the county. 



The 50th Institute was held at Town Hall, Beverly, 

 February 25, 1887, Nathan Bushby, of Peabody opening 

 the meeting on the'subject of " Vegetable Culture," which, 

 from his practical and successful experience, furnished an 

 able talk, with questions answered, of two hours or more, 

 followed by the experiences of the leading vegetable and 

 seed growers of the county and others upon the subject. 



In the afternoon the subject of " Fertilizers " was opened 

 by Prof. George H. Whicher, of New Hampshire Agricul- 

 tural College, who for an hour and a half gave a forcible 

 and practical talk on the value of chemicals as fertilizers, 

 illustrating his subject with specimens and giving descrip- 

 tions of experiments tried at his College and their results. 



The results from a test of chemicals beside three 

 " commercial fertilizers " named, as reported by the N. H. 

 State Grange, the figures given representing the increase 

 of sound corn due to $1.00 worth of each tested were : — 



$1.00 worth of gave increased value at 



Paci fio Guano, $1.40 



Bradley's, 1.72 



Stockbridge, 2.16 



( bone black, \ 



Chemicals, I muriate potash, > 3.36 

 ( sulphate ammonia, ) 



