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tivation. I plowed the land seven to eight inches deep and subsoiled six to 

 seven inches. 



No. 1 was a piece, upon which a crop of corn was taken last year. It 

 contained one acre. One half of it was subsoiled. The whole piece had 

 been equally manured and treated alike for a number of years. Upon this 

 piece I sowed oats and <];rass seed, and could see no difference in the piece 

 i^-om the time the oats came up until harvested. But, now, the clover upon 

 the subsoiled part is a little the largest, enough to be noticed by persons 

 who pass by the lot. 



No. 2 was a piece of green sward, containing two acres. One-half to 

 three-fourths of fin acre, through the centre, was subsoiled. Upon the 

 whole I spread compost manure and harrowed it in. I spread as evenly as 

 I could over the whole piece ; then planted it to broom-corn, using a few 

 ashes in the hill. The piece was cultivated alike through the season ; but 

 the broom-corn upon the part subsoiled, was longer, of a better color through 

 the season, and, I judge, will yield horn one hundred and fifty to two hun- 

 dred pounds of brush to the acre, more than that upon each side of it, and 

 the seed is much better. 



No. 3 Avas a piece, subsoiled three years since, and planted to corn. 

 Same quantity of manure was used, and it was managed alike through the 

 season, and the corn crop was no better upon the subsoiled, than upon the 

 part not subsoiled. I sowed grass seed at the last hoeing. I have mowed 

 it for two years past, and each crop of grass has been much the best upon 

 the part subsoiled, being I think nearly a ton more to the acre. 



Sunderland, Oct. 10, 1^5. 



MANURE EXPERIMENTS. 



BY ALBERT MONTAGUE. 



No. 1. I purchased, last spring. Superphosphate, Poudrette and Guano, 

 for the purpose of testing their comparative value with each other and with 

 barn-yard manure. 



Upon one acre of my best land, I spread eight loads of well rotted manure 

 and harrowed in ; then, planted to broom-corn, using $1.44 worth of Pou- 

 di-ette in the hill, upon one-half of it, and $2.41 worth of Superphosphate 

 upon the other half, dropping both Poudrette and Superphosphate at the 

 time of planting, using Woodward's Planter. At the first and second hoe- 

 ings, the corn, where I used the Superphosphate, was the most promising ; 

 and at harvesting, I should judge, would yield from fifty to one hundred 

 pounds more broom-brush. 



No. 2. Upon a piece of green sward, soil rather cold and heavy, I spread 

 fifteen loads of compost to the acre ; then, planted to Indian corn, using 

 Superphosphate upon one-half, and good wood ashes upon the other half, 

 putting quantities of equal value upon each. The corn upon the Super- 

 phosphate part came up first, grew the fastest, ripened ten days earlier, and 

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