. 94 [Assembly 



From the short time that Mr. Townsend has occupied his farm, the 

 labor required and perseverance displayed in bringing it from a state 

 of waste to its present condition, entitles him, in the opinion of your 

 committee, to great praise. They then accompanied Mr. Townsend 

 to the farm of his father, Sam'l B. Townsend, of Newtown. 



His farm contains 131 acres; soil, a dark loam, with a slight pro- 

 portion of sand. They inspected a field of Canada flint wheat, con- 

 taining 14 acres, looking well; probable yield 25 bushels to the acre. 

 The Scotch imperial oats, 7| acres, presented a beautiful appearance. 

 Crop Very heavy, sown two bushels of oats to the acre; no manure 

 applied this year. 



The corn was far superior to any seen elsew^here this season. Fif- 

 teen acres manured with barn-yard manure at the rate of 15 loads per 

 acre, each load being equal to 42 bushels, will probably yield 60 

 bushels to the acre. A field of two and a half acres bearing timo- 

 thy, manured with barn-yard manure, 15 loads to the acre, presented 

 a fine appearance. Your committee examined a field of clover part- 

 ly cut, of two acres, manured three years ago with poudrette, 60 

 bushels to the acre. First crop w^as wheat. Second year no ma- 

 nure applied and sown with timothy; this year likewise, not manu- 

 red, and sown with clover; the second crop of which is being cut 

 and sold in market green, for $4 per hundred bundles; equal to $40 

 per ton as hay. 



There were eleven acres of potatoes, manured with barn-yard ma- 

 nure, in which not a case of disease was seen. The present yield of 

 the early variety is 100 bushels per acre; the fall crop, it is thought 

 will amount to 250 bushels per acre. 



Examined a field of fourteen acres bearing a fine crop of common 

 oats. This field has not been manured for five years, and sown each 

 season with oats. Two acres manured with lime, 100 bushels per 

 acre on the sod, and then turned over and sowed with corn manured 

 in the hills a year ago last spring, produced 65 bushels per acre; 

 sown this year with oats, no manure, thought will yield 80 bushels 

 per acre. 



Mr. Townsend has been very successful in the use of poudrette as a 

 manure. He first made trial five years ago, of that obtained from 

 the Lodi company of New-Jersey, but found it inferior in fertilizing 

 properties to the article prepared by the Poudrette company of New- 

 York, which he has since used. In addition to the poudrette, he 

 has placed on his farm this season, 800 loads of manure prepared as 



