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through slat work upon the top, than there would be in placing 

 our Bulls or fat Oxen in that position. 



PAUL TITCOMB, 



For the Committee. 



MANURES. 



The Committee on Manures report that there was transferred 

 to them, by the Committee of last year, the statement of Benja- 

 min P. Ware of Marblehead, of his first year's experiment 

 upon the proper depth of applying manure. As the whole 

 experiment is to extend over a period of three years before any 

 premium can be awarded, it is, of course, too early to speak of 

 Mr. "VVare's experiment, except to express the hope that it may 

 be carried through, as the results, in the hands of so careful a 

 cultivator, cannot fail to be of practical advantage. 



Mr. Ware enters, for the general premium of the Society, an 

 additional lot of land adjoining the five lots in course of ex- 

 periment for three years. He shows by this experiment the 

 benefits of a liberal supply of manure, and the comparison he 

 has instituted in this respect, commends itself to the Committee 

 as worthy of the first premium, of $15. His statement will be 

 found replete with interest. To understand the treatment of 

 the five other lots, which which No. 6 is compared, reference 

 may be had to the report on the Treadwell Farm in the Trans- 

 actions of 1860. 



The Committee are happy to say that ha^aug learned that 

 Richard S. Rogers had instituted a series of experiments in top- 



