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The corn was planted on stalk land, manured last year with 25 

 loads of barn yard manure. The above exhibits the mode in which it was 

 laid out in lands, two rods wide, and running east and west, and plant- 

 ed in lands running north and south. You will perceive that the 

 land manured with the hog manure, gave the greatest yield ; that with 

 the rotten horse manure, next ; and that manured with the scrapings 

 of the hog pen, next, &c. You will also see that each square was 

 kept and measured by itself. It has been surveyed by J. W. Sawyer 

 and found to contain one acre and fifteen square rods. The product 

 was 215 bushels of first rate sound corn in the ear. If I had planted 

 all twelve-rowed corn, the yield per acre would have been considerably 

 more. I had oats adjoining the west row and not more than 18 inch- 

 es from it. The first two rows were much injured ; the ears being 

 smaller than those in the remaining rows on the same land, which 

 clearly show with what power oats draw the strength of land. 



About the last of August I topped 4 rows ; and on the 9th of Sep- 

 tember cut up 4 rows adjoining, and left 4 rows standing ; each 4 

 rows kept separate, and shelled and weighed. That cut up at the 

 roots weighed 60 lbs. per bushel ; that topped weighed 58 lbs. per 

 bushel ; and that left standing weighed 54 lbs. per bushel. 



It was cultivated and hoed three times ; and the last time thinned 

 out so as to leave three stalks to a hill. Besides the corn, I had 2 

 loads of pumpkins, and 30 bushels of flat turneps. The manure was 

 evenly spread and then plowed under. 



Expense of the preceding crop. 



28 loads of manure, at 50 cts. per load,* $14 .00 



I day plowing, 1.50 



Harrowing, .25 



Planting, 75 



12 quarts seed, .37 



1 i days cultivating with horse, 1 .50 



13i days hoeing, 6 . 75 



12 days cutting up, husking and hoeing, 6 .00 



Whole expense, $31 . 12 



Profits. 



107 J bushels corn, at 50 cts., $53.75 



2 loads pumpkins, 1 .50 



30 bushels flat turneps, 19c., 5 .62 



Stalks, 4 .00 



$64.87 

 Deduct expenses, 31 . 12 



Nett profit per acre, $33.75 



• It did not cost me half this sum. 



