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Other and perhaps more satisfactory inferences may be arrived 

 at by the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agricul- 

 ture, when they shall have the statements of the large number 

 of experiments made in different parts of the State ; but we 

 hazard the opinion that among them all no one will be found 

 to be more carefully and skilfully conducted than that by Mr. 

 Ware. We award to him the first premium of twenty-five 

 dollars. 



For the Committee, 



ALLEN W. DODGE. 

 LEWIS ALLEN, 



FIRST STATEMENT OF BENJAMIN P. WARE. 



The land selected for the experiment with manures had lain 

 in grass for ten years previous to August, 1859, when it was 

 ploughed up. 



The surface soil is a dark loam ten inches deep, resting upon 

 a compact gravelly subsoil, retentive of manure ; not subject 

 to suffer from drouth or excessive wet ; it is level ; free from 

 rocks or other obstructions, and is considered of superior qual- 

 ity for general cultivation. 



There had been but little rain last spring, and on the 16th 

 of April the land was in good condition for ploughing, it be- 

 ing stifficiently dry, and the sod (from breaking up the previous 

 August) pretty well rotted. 



It measures six rods wide by ten rods long, which I divided 

 into six equal lots, each one rod wide and ten rods long — mak- 

 ing ten square rods of land in each lot. Upon lot No. 1, I 

 spread evenly four and one-half feet of manure (at the rate of 



