OXFORD COUNTY SOCIETr. I73 



Planting, . . . . . . 2 50 



Hoeing twice, . . . . . 5 00 



Harvesting, including husking, . - . . 7 38 



Income. 

 One hundred and fifteen bushels of corn, at $1, 

 Manure left in ground, 

 Fodder estimated at value of three tons haj, . 



|150 00 

 Net profit, ■ $107 82 



George P. Hooper. 

 Paris, Oct. 28, 1857. 



Phinehas W. Abbott of Rumford, applied for premium on corn 

 grown on one hundred and fifty rods of land which was plowed in 

 the fall of 1856. In the middle of May, manured the ground with 

 sixteen loads of barn yard manure, which was placed in the hill. 

 The hills were three feet apart. Hoed corn twice during the sum- 

 mer. Yield, one hundred and twenty bushels of ears of corn. 



Wheat. James Merrill of Norvy^ay applied for premium on a 

 crop of "bearded red" wheat, grown on a brown loam which was in 

 grass in 1856. No manure was applied since 1854. Plowed eight 

 inches deep, and sowed two bushels of seed to the acre. Cost of 

 culture, $5.50. Yield, twenty and four-fifths bushels. 



Oats. Cornelius M. Holland of Canton, grew a crop of oats on 

 a sandy loam on which potatoes were grown the previous year. 

 Manured six years ago quite heavily, and plowed this year about 

 eight inches deep. Sowed four and a half bushels of seed on the 

 8th of May, broadcast, and harvested sixty- five bushels of thirty-five 

 pounds per bushel. Experience of the owner goes to prove that one 

 must seed heavy in order to insure a large crop. Cost of culture, 

 $12.00. 



E. D. Marshall applied for premium on a crop of English oats 

 grown on a dark loam on which the same crop had been grown the 

 previous year. Plowed six inches deep, and sowed broadcast three 



