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special manures. 



Mr. A. M. Knapp, Poultney, Vt. — I am a market gardener and 

 keep a sharp eye as to what is said regarding manures. I see that 

 some members of the Club discourage the use of concentrated 

 manures. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I experimented for twenty years and have 

 bought tons of these manures, and I would not pay the freight on 

 all the special manure a man would give me for nothing, excepting 

 pure bone dust and guano. I had specimen bags sent to me of 

 poudrette, and then got more from the agents, and it was no 

 nearer like the first than charcoal is like cheese. If I wanted man- 

 ure I would rather have it sent in barrels from the stables in this 

 city than the other for nothing. I once took seven kinds of these 

 manures and applied them the same day on the same piece of ground 

 and could see no more difierence in the crop where I used them 

 than where I did not. I don't restrict the experiments to one 

 year. I have tried it for twenty and find the same results. I have 

 seen bone dust made of vegetable ivory, which is of no benefit. 



Mr. Williams thought all these mistakes arose from not applying 

 the manures in the right season of the year. We must have full 

 experiments by scientific men. 



Mr. Cavanach. — There is no such thing as applying barnyard 

 manure out of season. 



Mr. Wm. Lawton said he had used a concentrated manure with 

 good results, but, in answer to inquiry, said he had not made com- 

 parisons. 



Mr. Aaron Stone, Long Island. — Our experiments have been 

 about the same as Mr. Fuller's, and we have been most outrageously 

 swindled. We rely principally on stable manure. 



Mr. Cavanach. — I once went to a guano establishment on busi- 

 ness, and seeing a gate open I entered a yard, where I saw two 

 sloop loads of Long Island sand being unloaded, and men engaged 

 mixing it with the guano. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn. — I am a great advocate of stable manure, but I 

 also use great quantities of superphosphate. I am not aware that 

 any one person in this State or New Jersey uses as much as I do. 

 I have found great benefit from its use. If I can raise six hundred 

 dollars worth of vegetables from an acre, at an expense of two hun- 

 dred dollars for artificial manures, I shall continue to use them. 



