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MR. rice's statement. 



The following statement of a crop of corn, yielding 150 bushels 

 to the acre, from the report of Cortland County Agricultural So- 

 ciety, is certified by the affidavit of Amos Rice, who raised it : 



I have cultivated one acre and five rods the current year, in the 



following manner, and with the result annexed : 



About the 1st May, turned over an old pasture, (never 

 before plowed,) to the depth of about five inches, in the 

 best manner a skillful plowman could invert a surface so 

 uneven, at an expense of , $2 .50 



Previous to this, twelve ox-cart loads of barn-yard ma- 

 nure were spread on the knolls, and parts supposed to 

 be the poorest — at an expense of (including manure,) 3.00 



Harrowing, half a day, — lengthwise of the furrows — at $1 .50 



With a one horse plow run a light furrow, from north to 



south, 3 h feet apart, and about 2 inches deep — .33 



Drew on 5 loads compost, made of night soil, leached 

 ashes and muck, at 45. ; 7 loads hog manure, at 4^. ; and 

 4 barn-yard, at 2s. — , 7 . 00 



This was deposited in the furrows, at from 2 to 2 J feet 

 apart, half a shovel full to a hill, and immediately cover- 

 ed to the depth of 1 inch, and pressed down — on which 

 the seed was dropped, 5 or 6 grains to the hill ; used 

 about half a bushel of seed, of the eight rowed, yellow 

 kind — planted dry — worth ,38 



May 20th. Planting three days at 65., (including board) — 2.25 



June 15th. Passed the cultivator twice between the rows — .50 

 and hoed two days, (leaving 4 stalks to a hill,) at 6s.-^ 1 .50 



June 20th. To lH bushels of plaster and 1| of ashes, 



thrown round the hill, .75 



July 1st. Cultivated and hoed same as first time, without 



much tilling — 2 . 00' 



Sept. 15th. Cut up at the roots — 4 days, at 5^., 2.50 



Oct. 10th. To 8 days husking and cribbing, at 55., 5 .00 



To interest on land at |50 3 .50 



^31.71 



Cr. By 190 baskets of corn— one of which was this day 

 taken from the crib and shelled, and made, by measure, 

 3 pecks and 1 pint, and weighed 45|| lbs., — but for the 

 convenience of reckoning, called it 451 lbs., — which 

 being multiplied by 190, (the number of baskets,) makes 

 8,692 J lbs.— divided by 56=155 bushels, 1 peck and 2 

 quarts. Deduct for the five rods the 32d part of an acre, 

 and there remains as the product of 1 acre, 150 bush., 1 

 peck and 3 quarts j at 4^., is 75 . 16 



By about three tons of stalks, supposed to be worth 12 . 00 



