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Indian Corn — Mr. Ingells^ Statement. 



The land on which it was raised, is a warm gravelly soil, and has 

 not had any manure applied for six years. It has been pastured for 

 the last six years, until fitting for the present corn crop. The 30th 

 day of April, carted and spread upon said piece, nine loads of 

 straw manure, and plowed under. May 2d, carted and spread upon 

 the remainder of said acre, eleven loads of straw manure, and plow- 

 ed uniler. May 5th, carted and spread upon the furrows, ten loads 

 of rotten manure, and harrowed lengthwise of the furrows. May 

 9th, planted said piece; rows three feet apart each way. The 24th 

 of May, plastered and ashed it, at the rate often bushels to the acre; 

 nine of ashes to one of plaster. June 6th, went through with the 

 cultivator each way. June 7th, hoed said piece, but not the corn, 

 for the frost had cut about three-fourths of it level with the ground. 

 June 24th, went through with the cultivator both ways. June 25th, 

 hoed it again. July 12th, went through with cultivator both ways. 

 July 13th, hoed it the third time. July 15th, sowed on it one bush- 

 el of plaster, broadcast. September 17th, cut it up at the roots, and 

 put it in stooks. Oct. 1st and 3d, husked and weighed the entire 

 crop, which amounted to 8,540 lbs; then weighed 500 lbs. and put it 

 by itself. Dec. 6th, weighed it again, and it weighed 391 lbs., mak- 

 ing in the whole, on the 6th of Dec, 6,678 lbs. According to the 

 weight of Dec. 6th, there would be eighty-nine bushels of c(irn, al- 

 lowing seventy-five lbs. to the bushel. Seventy-five lbs. of ears of 

 corn, will make fifty-nine lbs. of shelled corn — or according to the 

 first weight in Oct., allowing seventy-five lbs., there would be one 

 hundred and thirteen bushels and sixty-five pounds. The amount of 

 corn fodder was four loads on said piece. Expenses, $26.75. — 89 

 bushels corn, at 37^ cts., $33.38.— Profit, $6.63. 



Indian Corn. — Mr. Oshoni's statement. 



Five acres. — My corn ground was a clover ley of three years 

 standing; had been mowed two years; never had much manure if any. 

 Plowed but once, dragged and rolled. The corn was planied May 

 10th and 11th, in drills about 3 J feel apart. The corn was much 

 injured by the wire woim and a severe hail storm. Expenses, $122 . 

 38.— 429i bushels at 37^ cents, $160.97.— Profit, ($11.56 per 

 acre,) $57.59. 



Barley. — Mr. WrighVs statemeiit. 



1st. Soil in good condition at the commencement of cultivation, 

 composed of clay and gravel. Plowed twice, seed harrowed in. 



2d. Previous cultivation, once plowing for spring wheat, and har- 

 rowed in after corn upon the sward; twenty loads of manure from 

 the yard, at the time of sowing the spring wheat; product, twenty- 

 five bushels per acre. 



3d. About twenty loads of yard manure used the present season. 



4th. The quantity of seed, three bushels of two rowed barley: 

 sowed the 10th of May, broadcast. 



