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EXPERIMENTS WITH MANURES. 



The wheat stuble and young clover was mowed and 

 taken off in Sept. 18*60. The clover was mowed July 

 13th, and the rowen Sept. 9th, 1861. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MANURES, 



IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE BOARD OP 

 AGRICULTURE FOR A THREE YEAR'S COURSE. • 



PROGRESS IN 1861. 



ALBERT STRATTON'S STATEMENT. 



Statement of the progress of the forty-five rods 

 of land on which I made the different applications 

 of manure last year to a corn crop. This year plowed 

 once, the 18th of May, seven inches deep, harrowed 

 well ; sowed one bushel of oats on the five lots, or six 

 and two-fifths quarts on each lot, harrowed and brushed 

 in the seed, oats and grass ; harvested Aug. 17th with 

 hand cradle; put in stooks one week; threshed and 

 weighed as follows : 



No. 1 — oats, 54 pounds; straw, 115 pounds. 

 " 2 " 52 " " 106 " 



ALBERT STRATTON. 



North Leominster, Nov. 4, 1861. 



