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and turned under with the plow. Three cords of old barn 

 manure were put in the hole. We used for seed the "■ large 

 Button corn," from five to seven kernels to a hill. The manure 

 in the hole was first covered to the depth of an inch. May 22d 

 we planted the corn, covering to the depth of two inches. 

 When the corn first broke the ground, we put on eight bushels 

 of ashes and a small quantity of lime. We went through the 

 rows each wav with a cultivator and made sli<>ht hills with the 

 hoe on the 10th of June; went through the same process again 

 June 26th. It received no other cultivation, except pulling a 

 few weeds in August. Topped the stalks September 13th. 

 Harvested about the 15th October. It was immediately husked 

 and put in the crib. Our work was principally performed with 

 oxen and men. Ox working days, six; horse work, two days. 

 We had a boy four days ; the manual labor we compute at 

 twenty days work. 



Nathan C. Prescott, of South Gardiner, certifies to a crop of 

 corn, grown on rather dark colored clayey loam, resting on clay 

 subsoil; corn and peas having been grown on the same without 

 manure the previous year, the land having never been plowed 

 before that. It was plowed ten inches deep, harrowed, four 

 cords of half old and half new stable manure being applied, 

 and a spoonful of plaster, all put in the hill; planted 12th and 

 13th of May with eight rowed yellow corn, with no previous 

 preparation of seed, the rows three and one-half feet apart, 

 hills two and one-half feet. Top dressed middle of June with 

 two and one-half bushels of plaster, and when ripe cut up at 

 roots. Produce sixty-five bushels to acre, weighing sixty-two 

 pounds to bushel. 



Cost; manure, $6 00 Value; 65 bushels at 



Plowing and planting, 8 00 90 cts., $58 50 



Plaster, 70 2 tons fodder, 8 00 

 Applying same, 



Twice weeding, 4 00 $06 50 



Plowing and ^ hilling, 4 50 Deduct, 28 95 



Harvesting, , . . 



Balance, $37 55 



Statement of N. Foster, Gardiner. Nathan Foster certifies 

 to a corn crop grown on a yellow sandy loam, stony, and lying 



