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one ; and the Committee would recommend that an appropria- 

 tion of fifty dollars be made for this purpose. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



GEO. B. LORING, ) 



R. A. MERRIAM, } Committee. 



CHAS. P. PRESTON, ) 



Report of the Experiment on the Application of Manures on 



the Treadwell Farm, commenced in the year 1862, compet- 

 ing for the Premium, as offered by the Massachusetts So- 

 ciety, and also by the Essex Agricultural Society. 



Land selected, level. 



Amount of land, 2^ acres. 



Quality of land, dry, not retentive of manure. 



Crop of 1861, grass. 



No manure in 1861. 



Kind of manure used in 1862, stable manure worked over 

 in hog-yard. 



Amount, 16 cords. 



Depth of first ploughing, 8 inches. 



4 cords applied to lot No. 1, and ploughed 8 inches deep 

 the whole field. 



4 cords applied to lot No. 2, and cross-ploughed the whole 

 field 4 inches deep. 



4 cords applied to lot No. 3, and harrowed the whole field 

 twice. 



4 cords applied to lot No. 4, and left exposed on the surface. 



No ^manure to lot No. 5. 



1862, May 24^to 28, planted the whole field with^^potatoes, 

 3^ feet apart each way. 



June 11th cultivated the whole field both ways. 



June 16th, 17th and 18, hoed the whole field. 



June 23d, cultivated the whole field both ways. 



June 30th, cultivated the whole field both ways. 



July 5th, cultivated the whole field both ways, and com- 

 menced hoeing the second time, finished July 8th. 



