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■with four or five kernels to the hill ; and also about six beans, with 

 a pumpkin seed to about one quarter. It was hoed twice without 

 raising the earth much around the hills, having fi.rst passed the 

 cultivator between the rows. The stalks were cut the first of Sep- 

 tember, and the corn was harvested the first of October. We had 

 fiftj-six and a half bushels of corn, seven and a half bushels of beans, 

 one and a half cords of pumpkins. 



Dr. One acre corn. Cr. 



To plowing, harrowing and 



furrowing, 



" hauling manure and 

 planting, 



" seed and ashes, 



" hoeing first and sec- 

 ond time, 



" cuttingstalks and har- 

 vesting, 



" six cords manure, 



Profit, 



|3 50 



4 50 



By 56' bush, corn, $1, $56 50 

 " 1\ bush, beans, $1|, 11 25 



6 00 

 10 00 



u 



1\ cords pumpkins, 

 fodder. 



Pittston, November, 1857. 



$83 75 



T. J. Twjcross of Dresden, obtained second premium on a crop 

 of Indian corn, raised on a clayey loam, which, when dry, is ex- 

 tremely light and friable. The subsoil is about eighteen inches 

 from the surface and is of a clay formation. The soil is light in 

 color and free from stones. Grass had been sown on this land for 

 a few years previous to this crop. The land was plowed about 

 seven inches deep, and four cord^ of coarse manure from the barn and 

 hog-yard were applied. On the 25th and 26th of May, sowed the 

 piece with common eight to twelve-rowed corn, in hills about three 

 feet each way. From six to eight quarts of seed were applied to the 

 acre — the seed having undergone no previous preparation. The 

 land was cultivated and hoed twice, and just before hoeing, five 

 bushels of leached ashes were applied. On the 1st of October, 

 while the corn was quite hard, the stalks were cut up at the roots 

 and left in the shock three weeks, in the field. The yield of the 



