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upon his land lie obtained the very best results from ashes. 
Ashes were rich in phosphoric acid and potash. It would 
scarcely pay to send to New York for fertilizers when we 
had so many at hand. Salt and barn-yard manure were 
both good; as was hen-manure His neighbor drew muck 
and mixed salt and lime; put it on twenty acres of land; 
got twenty-live bushels more corn per acre than when not 
used; this year the result was not as good as last year. 
To mix salt and lime with barn-yard manure, would be 
fatal to all as a fertilizer. 
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D. C. Scofield: Had had experience with ashes; paid 
five dollars for four thousand bushels; put on poor 
sandy soil and raised four tons of hay per acre from the 
land. If we apply unleached ashes we must know the 
soil. Barn-yard manure should not be allowed to leach in 
the yard, or much of its value would be lost; thought the 
best plan was to draw direct from barn to field when fresh, 
thus saving the liquid portion of the manure, which is the 
most valuable. 
Thomas Bishop wanted to know where we should all 
go for ashes; he made about two barrowfulls per year, but 
it was out of the question for all farmers, as a rule, to get 
them; we must have something else. 
Hr. Slade was of the same opinion; all could not get 
them; he considered them good, but they could not be had. 
Mr. Smith had used a large amount, but did not consider 
them worth drawing. 
A. Smith said he had used five hundred or six hundred 
bushels with very poor results. 
Prof. Morrow being called for, said: They were mak¬ 
ing experiments at Champaign with various kinds of 
fertilizers; hoped before long that they could give the exact 
results. We could not rely upon one test alone. We must 
hnd exactly from what the benefit comes. In making 
