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A SYNOPSIS or THE WEATHER. 



May 



JUXE 



July 



August 



September. 



First Third. 

 Dry. 

 Moist. 

 Moist. 

 Moist. 

 Dry. 



Second Third. 

 Dry. 

 Dry. 



Moist. 

 Moist. 

 Moist. 



Marhlehead, Nov. 14, 1862. 



Last Third. 

 Dry. 



Moist. 



Moist. 

 Moist. 



STATEMENT OF RICPIARD S. ROGERS. 



Having completed my third and last series of experiments 

 on " Top Dressing of Grass Lands," I now propose to give 

 the results of the present year ; premising that all the stakes 

 and bounds remain as originally marked out at first j that no 

 additional top dressing of any kind has been added to the lots ; 

 each lot being 250 by 45 feet, as mentioned in each former 

 report ; and in mowing and weighing the hay the most careful 

 attention was given. 



The result of the first and second crops, which were cut in 

 July and September of the present year, were as follows : — 



agfgrresrate. 



No. 



4,050 lbs. 1,235 lbs. 5,285 lbs. 

 I now take the aggregate of the three consecutive years, and 



