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Expense, as in first experimentj or same principle, $17.00 



■ Add $7 for use of land, 7.00 



$24.00 

 Produce, 96|f bushels shelled corn, at 3s. per bush 36 . 33 



Profits, $12.33 



Third experiment. Three acres between first and second. Pro- 

 cess same as the first, with the following exceptions : 

 1st. Ground plowed 19th and 20th April last. 

 2d. No manure applied after plowing. 



Expense, on same principle as above, $33 . 00 



Add $7 per acre for use of land, 21 .00 



$54.00 

 Product, 195 i bushels corn, at 3s. per bush 73 . 31 



Profits per acre on the three acres, $6.44 cts $19.31 



Produce of corn per acre, 65 bushels 5 quarts. 



The foregoing experiments were made principally to test the pro- 

 priety of larger applications of manure to corn than are usual. And 

 if we estimate that one-half of the value of the manure goes to the 

 benefit of succeeding crops, the result cannot be doubtful. 



I can give no reason why the first experiment as above, should 

 show to the best advantage, except the fact, that the land of the first 

 was manured and plowed in the fall previous. 



I would only add, that the preparation of the ground was well 

 done ; but the hoeing was indifferently done by hired men entirely ; 

 hilled very moderately. To ascertain the quantity of corn, it was all 

 carefully measured in a basket, one basket shelled and weighed also; 

 estimating both by measure and weight, reckoning seventy lbs. to the 

 bushel. 



W. PARSONS. 



MR. CORWIN's statement. 



The following experiment in the cultivation of corn, made by Na- 

 than H. Corwin, near Middletown, and properly authenticated by 

 affidavits, is taken from the Report of the Orange County Society, 

 and exhibits well the advantages of the mode of planting there de- 

 scribed. 



Variety — Eight row Canada Corn. 



One acre of clover sod, which had been mowed for two years pre- 

 vious, was "turned under" in March, 1844. About the 8th of May 

 was cross-plowed and harrowed, for the purpose of planting on the 

 9th. The heavy rains setting in on the 9th, prevented planting at 



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