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The variety is a dented, 10 and 12 rows, deep grfin, partly red 



cobs The manure was from the hog pen, and put in hills, value 



$20; 29,000 fish spread on broad-cast, cost $21.75; fish applied 



about the time the corn appeared above grcund ; corn was plowed 



but one Wcif'', first when the fish was applied, from the hill twice 



in a row, next harrowed twice in a row, next plowed twice in a 



row to the hill, then hoed. At the tinje of hoeing the extra corn 



was not taken out, but was run over about two weeks afterwards 



for that purpose. Just before harvest the plow was again run 

 through twice in a row ; this was all the cultivation it had. The 



corn was cut up about the middle of September, had 14. loads 



of stalks, valued at least $4 a load for fjdder or for sale. 



I have answered some of your queries as well as I could ; but 

 not at the time of planting, -nor since, in time, did I think of 

 troubling your Society with any statement, althcmgh I determined 

 to be a member. I have but a small farm, nnd have for a num- 

 ber of years been pursuing a plan without reference to competition, 

 by which I could raise the most corn from the acre with least ex- 

 pense. I have entirely abandoned the plan of furrowing both 

 ways, and am satisfied, by the present course, I can do better. 

 My corn crop has varied in yield, for the last ten years, between 

 si,\ty and ninety bushels the acre, a figure I could not reach the 

 usual way, except occasionally ; besides, previous to this year, I 

 have planted a white variety, a beautiful corn, first in the New- 

 York market, but shelled much less per load than what I now 

 have. It is as good grain, but would not command tlie very 

 highest price in the market. If an opportunity occurs I will send 

 you a sample of both kinds. I find a home market for ray corn? 

 and therefore, quantity is to me important. 



Poultry — I will now state an experiment I tried in the year 1851. 

 It cost me some trouble, but is asourceot'sati6faction,ina<nHu*h as it 

 settles a dispute to my satisfa<-tion at least, whether domestic f .wis 

 rae profitable or not. I comineiiced on the first day of JanuHiy, 

 1851, with 115 fowls, inohuiing 8 cncks. I kept an account of «11 

 tlie e^^gs received from them weekly, with their nuirket value at 

 the end of each week ; also all the^hickens sold and used, at their 



