88 



CREDIT. 



V 



August, 1859, six and one half bushels Rye, fifteen 

 hundred of Oat Fodder, and twelve hundred of 

 Rye straw, $18 50 



October, 1860, three hundred bushels potatoes at forty 



cents per bushel, 128 00 



One half acre Corn fodder, one bushel beans, and 



twenty bushels diseased potatoes, 12 00 



October, 1861, three hundred and fifteen bushels sound 



potatoes, 126 00 



One half acre Corn fodder, and thirty bushels diseased 



potatoes, 10 00 



August, 1862, eighty-five bushels of Oats and thirty 

 hundred of Oat straw, which sold in April, 1863, 

 for 89 00 



August, 1863, three tons of hay as estimated at fifteen 



dollars per ton, 45 00 



$428 50 

 Expense, 255 00 



Profit, $173 50 



MANURES. 



The Committee herewith submit their report of the experiments 

 with manures, as prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, 

 and which, as will be recollected, are to extend through a pe- 

 riod of three years. Last year the first premium of $25 was 

 awarded to Benjamin P. "Ware, of Marblehead, for an experi- 

 ment which was extremely satisfactory in its general results.-^ 



