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would tell them what to add to theirs to make it yield good crops of 

 corn. 



I have ray own opinion in regard to this matter, and have arrived 

 at it from the following facts. 



The following I believe to be a correct analysis of wheat and its 

 straw. 



Phosphoric Silica, 

 acid. 



Grain of wheat, 50 none. 



Straw, - lto3 30 to 60 



On our western soils, (as the farmers say,) " the wheat all grows 

 to straw," and the natural conclusion (theoretical) that one will ar- 

 rive at, is, that there is an abundance of silica and a want of phos- 

 phoric acid. 



To remedy this evil, if left to my own resources, I should use bone 

 dust. It will be a very interesting subject, and afford a fine oppor- 

 tunity for testing practically, what science teaches us theoretically. 



If I was myself a farmer, I would test this subject experimentally, 

 but my business is of entirely a different character, consequently I 

 have not the opportunity of doing so. 



With much respect, your obedient servant, 



JOSEPH UTLEY. 



R. Hall. The following communication from him was read: 



To the Farmers^ Club. 



Gentlemen — For twent}-five years I have been engaged in ship- 

 store business, and formerly found much difficulty in furnishing 

 corn meal that would keep sweet on long voyages and in warm cli- 

 mates. 



On my reporting the difficulty of keeping corn to Zenas Coffin, 

 Esq., one of the oldest whalemen at Nantucket, he informed that 

 there was no difficulty in keeping corn meal sweet for a three years 

 voyage, by putting a beach stone, the size of a large paving stone, 

 in the centre of a hhd. of meal, and hooped tight, and for a barrel, 

 a stone of four or five inches in diameter and made tight. From the 

 above information, I made experiments to Rio Grande, and other 



