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piece was one hundred and twenty bushels of ears, making sixty 

 bushels of shelled corn of sixty pounds each. The weight of the 

 stalks must have been about two tons. 



Rehirn. 

 Value of corn and stalks, $73 00 

 Cost, 18 00 



$18 00 



Profit on one acre, 



$55 00 



David Brown of Richmond, applied for premium on Indie n corn 

 grown on a red sandy loam which is quite light and fine. The soil 

 is of a reddish color and has not a single stone upon it ; the subsoil 

 is eighteen inches below the surface ; the previous crop was grass. 

 The land was plowed ten inches deep and twelve loads of manure 

 applied in the hills ; on May 25th the seed was sown in hills about 

 three or four feet apart each way ; three or four kernels were ap- 

 plied in each hill ; the ground was harrowed and hoed twice, with 

 no subsequent application of manure except about six bushels of 

 ashes; on September 10th, the ears were broken off by hand; the 

 yield was about one hundred and twenty-five bushels of ears, at a 

 value of $62.00. Thinks that the sowing should always be light, 

 and that nothing should be planted with the corn ; the grass and 

 weeds should be kept clear in the latter part of the season as well 

 as in the first; the top stalks should be left on until the corn is 

 fully ripe, that the nutriment may all go into the ears — thus the 

 kernel will be several pounds heavier per bushel ; three or four 

 stalks in a hill are better than more. 



$16 75 



Profit on I of an acre, $45 25 



Messrs. A. & W. True of Litchfield, grew a good crop of corn 

 and applied for a premium, but their statement was received after 



