26 APPLICATION OP MANURE. 



APPLICATION OP MANURE. 



The Committee for awarding premiums for "the 

 most thorough, exact and reliable experiments upon 

 the proper depths of applying manures," to be carried 

 through a course of three years, have decided upon the 

 following awards : 



1st, to W. G. Wyman, of Fitchburg, $25,00 



2d, to Albert Stratton, of Leominster. 20,00 



3d, to Isaac B. Woodward, of Fitchburg, 15,00 



Your Committee think that very much credit is due 

 to the gentlemen for undertaking to carry through an 

 experiment of this character, and although the premiums 

 may seem somewhat large, yet we are convinced that 

 they alone will not compensate for the labor, skill and 

 care required throughout. The result of any one of 

 these experiments is valuable, but by no means can we 

 draw certain conclusions therefrom, because the result 

 obtained in another instance is found to be different 

 and apparently contradictory. It is only by the com- 

 parison of a large number, and a careful analysis of all 

 the accompanying conditions, that valuable conclusions 

 can be reached. We should be glad to notice some of 

 the more obvious points, but as there were a number of 

 experiments tried in other parts of the State, at the 

 same time, and as a combination of all the results will 

 be elsewhere attainable, we refrain from the attempt. 



" JABEZ FISHER, Chairman. 



