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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871
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318 Manure. Manure. Manure. Manure. Manure. Manure. Manure. Manure. Manure. Manure. Mr. McAffee—I do not understand one point there, Mr. Committeeman, that says the corn shall be planted at such distances in the drill as decided best by each party. Mr. Flagg—Such distances between rows and in drills both—as the particular experimenters might desire. Mr. McAffee—Then there is another point. Is it provided that all experimenters that are trying that experiment, shall use the same variety of corn or such as they choose % I would remark, if that is the case, that there are some varieties of corn which may vary in small plats, and do not stand so uniform in the field as other varieties, and I should wish to have one certain variety, or some certain variety fixed upon, that are more constant in their characteristics than some are. Mr. Flagg—I will ask leave to explain here. As the gentleman will perceive, the point is this : to get at a field which shall either be uni. form in its natural productiveness, or if it be not uniform, to notice the differences, plat by plat, so that we can apply the manure to it after we have got through with our first series of experiments, and see pretty definitely what the effect of that manure will be. If you should
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