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This finished one bag of the Phosphate — the expense of it applied, 

 "was $5, and the extra amount received from its use was about $10, 

 and my net gain $5. 



I experimented, in like manner, upon other pieces of Broom-corn 

 and Indian corn, both before and after planting, and during the first 

 and second hoeings — but could see no effects whatever from it. 



I also purchased twenty bushels of oyster-shell lime, and applied 

 it for corn — some in the hill, and some broadcast — some with, and 

 some without manure — but, if there is any goodness in it for my soil, 

 it is yet to be seen. 



I also purchased salt to assist me in my labors to make corn grow. 

 I put some in the hill, sowed some at the rate of five bushels, and 

 some at the rate of one bushel to the acre. The corn all grew alike, 

 and the worms eat it without reference to the salt. 



Another experiment was successful. In Aug. 1853, 1 made amuck 

 lieap from the swamp, and let it lie exposed to frosts and air, until 

 ■about the middle of April. Then I carted it to my lot, designed for 

 corn, and, there, mixing three loads of it with one load of stable 

 manure, and one bushel of ashes to a load — which caused it to heat 

 powerfully — I made a compost, which I applied in the hill, side by 

 side with manure not so composted. The corn upon the compost 

 was larger, of better color in June and July, and was heavier when 

 harvested. The land upon which I put it, is rather poor — not my 

 best corn land. I think the yield will be thirty-five to forty bushels 

 to the acre. I used three loads of manure, and nine loads of muck 

 to the acre — valued at six dollars. Others may receive great benefit 

 from artificialmanures, but some may, with me, think that so long as 

 nature has provided, in our swamps, vast stores of that which will 

 cause corn to grow, and the " wilderness to bud and blossom as the 

 rose," it is best to draw upon the swamps. 



Albert Moxtague. 



Sunderland, Oct. 20, 1853. 



REPORT ON CROPS. 



BY SIMEOX CEARK. 



The importance of the cultivation of the cereals, for food and rev- 

 enue, is generally appreciated, with the exception of the wheat crop, 

 to which our farmers, for several years, have paid very little atten- 

 tion. Fifteen or twenty years ago, considerable interest was felt, in 

 consequence of a bounty off"ered for its production by the State Leg- 

 islature. Large quantities of wheat were then raised, sufficient for 



