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INDIAN CORN. MR. CORNELL's STATEMENT. 



The following is a statement of one acre of Button corn which I 

 cultivated the past summer, and which I offer in competition for the 

 premium offered by the Agricultural Society for the best acre of 

 corn. This corn was grown on the same acre of ground from which 

 I obtainefl 99 ?| bushels of the China tree corn in the summer of 

 1841; 100 bushels of Dutton corn, and five tons of well cured fodder 

 in the summer of 1840, and 80 bushels of Dutton corn in the sum- 

 mer of 1839. The ground was prepared by hauling on about 25 

 cords of unfermented manure from the horse stable, which was spread 

 broadcast, and plowed under as deep as possible, probably about 10 

 inches, (the ground had not been plowed since taking the last crop from 

 it;) it was then harrowed to render the surface smooth and uniform; 

 I then marked it carefully both ways with the teeth of the marker 

 set 2 feet 8 inches apart. The corn was planted the 15th of May at , 

 the intersections of the marks from 10 to 12 kernels in a hill; the 

 seed was prepared by soaking 24 hours in a solution of copperas wa- 

 ter, and rolled in plaster when planted. When the corn was about 

 3 inches high, it was dressed with plaster and ashes scattered in small 

 quantities about each hill; at the second hoeing it was thinned down 

 to 4 spears in a hill. The corn was worked out with the cultivator 

 twice; the first time about the 20th of June, the second time the 12th 

 July, and followed each time with the hoe. The corn was cut up at 

 the ground, and stouted up in the field about the middle of Septem- 

 ber; in October it was husked and weighed, when it was ascertained 

 that there was 7,716 lbs. of ears; the corn was then spread on the upper 

 barn (loose) floor, where it dried, and about the middle of December 

 I weighed out 100 lbs. ears taken promiscuously, and shelled it, and got 

 78 lbs. shelled corn, making 6,018-| lbs. of shelled corn, or 107f| 

 bushels to the acre. The above result shows 5 lbs. of ears more than I 

 got from my best acre (Dutton) last year, and 6j\ bushels less shell- 

 ed corn, which 1 attribute to the corn being more thoroughly dried 

 this year than it was last, before being shelled and weighed; as the 

 corn appeared equally sound and well filled in the ear both years. 

 The expense of cultivation was no more than is ordinarily incurred 

 in a corn crop, except the hauling the extra amount of manure. It 

 required two men and team two days to haul the manure. 



Yours, &c. 



E. Cornell. 



WHEAT AND BARLEY. 



I, the subscriber, respectfully report that I have raised at one crop 

 240^ bushels of wheat on nine acres of land; that said land, previous 

 to the year of cultivation, was a clover sward; that no manure was 

 applied till the year of cultivation, and then but half of it lightly 

 with straw and fine manure; that said ground was twnce plowed, 

 and four times harrowed during the year of cultivation; that the 

 wheat sowed on said land is what is called the red bald wheat; that 



