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B. Safford's Statement. 

 The land on which I tried my experiment has been in 

 grass some eight years, without any manure. In the Fall of 

 1854 it was turned over, and last Spring plowed again. It is 

 on a side hill, and I think if the whole piece had been ma- 

 nured with one kind of manure there would have been one 

 quarter more Potatoes on the lower than on the upper side. 

 The piece being long and narrow, I furrowed length ways 

 making 18 rows and 130 hills long. I commenced planting 

 on the lower side. 



Lot. Manure, Product of 10 hills. 



No. 1. Horse Manure, a shovelfull to the hill, *26 1-2 lbs. 

 " 2. Guano, a large table spoonfull to the hill, 27 3-4 " 

 " 3. Guano and Plaster, equal parts, a spoonfull, 27 " 



" 4. Guano and Muck, one part Guan© three parts 



Muck, a handfull, 26 1-2 " 



" 5. Droppings during the previous summer from 

 the turkey roost, which had laid out un- 

 der the tree all Winter and Spring, with 

 Muck, one part turkey manure to two 

 parts muck, one pint to the hill. 30 " 



*The potatoes grown in the horse manure were very wormy, 

 all the other lots were fair, and free from worms. 



B. SAFFORD. 



Jabez Fisher's Statement. 

 My experiment in raising Potatoes, which is at the same 

 time an experiment in manuring, was conducted as follows. 

 One fourth of an acre of ground, consisting of a moderately 

 strong loam resting upon a clay bottom, was divided into five 

 equal parts. Each plot was manured, as in the table, with 

 75 cents worth of the material, or at the rate of $15 per acre. 

 The potatoes were of the long black variety, and of those 

 planted no one exceeded an English walnut ill size, while 

 they would average considerable smaller. They were planted 

 June 12th, in drills 3 feet 9 inches apart, the potatoes being 

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