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hears of the experiment, and imitates it. One farmer mixed a 

 ton of guano with fiftj loads of meadow mud, put it in the hill, 

 and got a large crop of corn, but a larger one of stalks. Another 

 informs us that he mixed in the same way, spread and ploughed 

 in, and his crop came forward a little slower than the other, but 

 was about equally good. 



Another broke up four acres of pasture overgrown Avith moss 

 and huckleberry bushes, used six hundred pounds of Peruvian 

 and twelve hundred weight of Mexican guano, laid the land down 

 to grass without grain, and at the first mowing had at least one 

 ton of good hay to the acre. 



Another spread six hundred pounds of Peruvian on two acres 

 of exhausted mowing land, and cut between two and three tons. 

 Several repeated this experiment wdtli similar results. In one 

 case, the farmer, with less than his usual good judgment, scattered 

 the guano unmixed, and without crushing the lumps. There was 

 a good deal of waste and loss, but still he was more than paid for 

 the cost of the guano, by the increased crop of grass. It is 

 commonly thought advisable to mix guano with rich mould or mud, 

 several weeks before using, and to shovel it over three or four 

 times, keeping it well covered. 



Another farmer laid down his land with winter rye, used three 

 hundred pounds of guano to the acre, and had a very large crop. 

 Others lay down their land with grass, and for four years get 

 from a ton and a half to a ton of good hay per acre, without fur- 

 ther dressing. A case of this kind was reported in our Trans- 

 actions two years ago. The writer of that report laid down three 

 acres Avith grass last fall, using three hundred pounds of guano 

 per acre, with the very best success. For six years he has used 

 it with corn, grass and garden vegetables, and always, as he 

 believes, profitably, although there are but few men in the county 

 who have so large a quantity of barn-yard manure. 



During the past summer, T. Clarke, Esq., of Walpole, 

 reclaimed two acres of wet meadow. One acre was manured 

 with three hundred pounds of guano, the other with five cords 

 of the best stable and barn-yard manure. The grass seed has 

 come up equally well in both. There is no perceptible difierence 

 in their appearance. But the manure in one case cost about ten 

 dollars, in the other about twenty-five dollars. » 



