ussell U. Peck | " is good fresh, long exposed, half as
| good as barn-yard manure.
8. Rev. B. F. Northrop | " light, easily crushed masses containing
| sand, has not been used alone, good in
| compost.
9. J. H. Stanwood |moist, hard lumps, used fresh good after first
| year; excellent in compost.
10. N. Hart, Jr |air-dry, hard lumps, excellent in compost.
11. A. L. Loveland | " hard lumps, contains grains of coarse
| sand.
12. Daniel Buck, Jr | " coherent cakes, good as top dressing on
| grass when fresh; excellent in compost.
13. " " | " light surface layers of No. 12.
14. Philip Scarborough | " after exposure over winter, has
| one-third value of yard-manure.
15. Adams White | " hard lumps, good in compost, causes
| great growth of straw.
16. Paris Dyer | " easily crushed lumps, largely admixed
| with soil.
17. Perrin Scarborough | " well-characterized "vitriol peat;" in
| compost, after 1 year's exposure, gives
| indifferent results.
18. Geo. K. Virgin | " light, coherent surface peat; sample
| long exposed; astonishing results on
| sandy soil.
19. " " |moist, crumbly, contains much sand, four feet
| from surface.
20. " " |wet.
21. Solomon Mead |air-dry, light, porous, coherent from grass
| roots; long weathered, good; fresh,
| better in compost.
22. Edwin Hoyt | " loose, light, much mixed with soil,
| good in compost.
23. " " | " No. 22 saturated with horse urine,
| darker than No. 22.
24. " " | " No. 22 composted with white fish,
| darker than No. 23; fish-bones evident.
25. A. M. Haling |moist, fresh dug.
26. " "