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The yellow variety was planted on the same kind of soil, last year 

 in grass. It was plowed in the fall, and rolled with a heavy roller ; 

 forty-nine (horse cart) loads offish compost were carted on in the winter, 

 and left in a pile till this spring, composted with dry muck, then 

 spread and harrowed in ; furrowed three and a half feet each way. A 

 handful of poudrette, and five or six grains of corn allowed to each 

 hill. Planted May 8th. It was hoed three times, and cultivated 

 twice ; the seed soaked in a solution of nitre as strong as I thought it 

 would bear, but this did not prevent the crows from pulling it up bad- 

 ly. The yield was as follows : 



To 49 loads fish compost, at $1, $49 00 



" 35 days work, 25 72 



*' six barrels poudrette, 7 50 



" half bushel seed, 13 oz. nitre, 56 



" interest on two acres at 6 per cent, 12 00 



$94 78 



Profit of crop, 113 87 



$208 65 



By 94 bushels sound shelled corn, 118 at 80 



cts., $150 40 



" corn and soft corn, 30 00 



" half manure, 28 25 



$208 65 



Very respectfully, 



J. HAMMOND COGGESHALL. 



STATEMENT OF SOLO WRIGHT JEWETT. 



New-York, Oct. 13, 1845. 



Gentlemen — I send you 40 ears of my variety of seed corn for your 

 inspection and consideration. It is the twelve rowed variety of yel- 

 low corn grown in Addison county, Vermont. 



In the year 1838 I procured of Mr. Munson of Chittenden county, 

 Vermont, a large kind of the twelve-rowed yellow corn, which I have 

 carefully selected and cultivated each year to this day. A sample of 

 four ears, marked A, is for your inspection. 



On or about the year 1839 I obtained a smaller sort of the twelve- 

 rowed variety of Eleazer Jewett ol Franklin county, Vermont, which 

 was of a very dark yellow, husks soft and pliable ; it ripened about 

 eight days earlier than the above named larger variety. I send you 



