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dressing, upon his farm in South Danvers, they have been 

 iavored by him with a statement hereto annexed, showing the 

 results of the same. From these experiments of two consecu- 

 tive seasons, it appears that green cow-manure has, with him, 

 proved the most efficient fertiHzer as a top dressing — a fact 

 which cannot but excite sui'prise and attention, as being so 

 widely at variance with the general practice and theory. But 

 facts are what is wanted, and they should receive our candid 

 and careful consideration. In confirmation of the experiment 

 of Mr. Rogers, we will quote from the Journal of the Eoyal 

 Agricultm-al Society for 1860, part 2d, page 342, a note to a 

 prize essay, by Professor Tui'ner, on the application of manure 

 to the farm : — 



" I find the action of manure taken fresh from the yards in 

 July so satisfactory, that I feel no inducement whatever to keep 

 back the more costly, well-rotted manure for this purpose. 

 With the uncertainty how the season may alternate between 

 showers and a powerful sunshine, I cannot wish the ammonia 

 in the dung to be in a forward state of development. If the 

 supply of food is small at first, but increasing as the herbage 

 grows round, through and over the dung, waste will be most 

 effectually prevented." 



We commend the above views in connection with the ex- 

 periment of Mr. Kogers, to our thinking farmers. The experi- 

 ment has been carefully made, and the statement of it is 

 admirably diawn up. We take great pleasure in placing it 

 upon our records, in the Transactions, confident that it will 

 help sustain the high character they have had in the past, and 

 which it is our duty to endeavor to give to them in the future. 



For the Committee, 



ALLEN W. DODGE. 



STATEMENT OF BENJAMIN P. WAKE. 

 Upon the 20th of April, the land, (a description of which 



