524 



REPORT OF W. A. HALL, OF TECUMSEH, LEKAWEE COUNTT. 



A. G. Eastman, Esq, — Dear Sir: — In conformity with, the regu- 

 lations of the Lenawee County Agricultural Society, I forward you a 

 certified statement of the amount, &c., of five [5] acres of corn raised 



by me this season. 



The soil on which it wa^ raised, was a sandy loam; had lain two 



years to clover pasture, has had manure drawn upon it during the past 



foui* years, and never had to exceed 100 loads of bara-yard manure 



upon it since it was cleared, which was 25 or 26 years ago. 



MODE OF CULTIVATION. 



I plowed it in the month of November, 1852, with the Eagle plow, 

 ten inches deep, and had the second team follow in the furrow with a 

 subsoil plow, which loosened the subsoil eight or ten inches deeper, but 

 did not throw it out. The fii-st of April I passed the harrow over it — 

 about the middle of May I again went over it with a steel tooth culti- 

 vator — then marked and planted it four feet eight inches apart, each 

 w^y. When I hoed it, I left but three stalks remaining in a hill. I 

 planted one-half with the yellow sheep tooth dent, and the other half 

 with the white gourd seed, red cob, procured from Indiana. There 

 ^sBs not much difference in the yield of the two kinds. Before har- 

 vesting, I had five acres accurately measured with chain, by John S. 

 Clark. Accurate measurement of corn in the ear, 504 bushels. One 

 and-a-half bushels of ears shelled, produced one bushel of cora, 

 which makes 336 bushels upon 5 acres, or 67 l-5th bushels per acre. 



EXPENSES OF CULTIVATION, (tC. 



Plowing 5 acres, at $2 50 per acre, $12 50 



Harrowing, " 62tV cents « 3 13 



Marking and planting 5 acres at 50c, 2 50 



Man and horse 4 days cultivating, at 1 25, 5 00 



Man 6 days hoeing, at 87^ cents, 5 25 



Man 5 days cutting up, at 87^ cents, 4 38 



Man 15 d&ys hugking, at 87^^- cents, 13 13 



5 cwt. plaster, at 50 cents, 2 60 



5 bushels ashes, at 10 cents, 50 



1 day putting on ashes and plaster, 88 



Total, , 149 77 



