288 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rye, 130 acres, 12 bushels per acre. 



Oats, 300 " 30 





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Buckwheat, 70 " 12 " 



Corn, 300 " 30 



Potatoes, 250 " 120 " " 



B. H. Andrews, Waterbury. 



I give you the result of my experiment in hybridizing corn 

 the past season. The varieties were the Early Prolific, Ver- 

 mont Hybrid, both early varities, and Ohio Dent. The early 

 varieties I mixed in the seed, and the result was satisfactory. 

 The Ohio Dent I planted in the same field side by side with 

 the other varieties, but it appeared to make no impression 

 towards amalgamation with them. But the result on the 

 Dent corn was very marked, producing much longer ears 

 with a perfectly smooth, hard kernel, beautifully mottled 

 with white and yellow. 



My method of cultivation is different on different soils. On 

 a strong turf I spread manure broadcast, then ridge it by 

 turning two furrows together, beginning on the upper hill- 

 side so as to leave little or no balk ; that turns the manure 

 into the row where the roots reach it at a time when most 

 needed to fill out and mature the ear. Plant 2^ or 3 feet 

 apart, 3 kernels in a hill, lengthwise the ridges ; cultivate 

 lengthwise without breaking the ridge. When the soil is 

 mellow proceed as before and plant across the ridges 4 feet 

 apart, 4 kernels to the hill ; cultivate both ways, as it is easi- 

 er to keep the ground clean. 



D. H. BiRDSEY, MiDDLEFIELD. 



Cr. 



Tobacco, If acres, 4188 lbs. sold for 11268.00 



Tobacco stalks worth 10.00 



11278.00 



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