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hill; planted about the fifteenth of May. The rows were three 

 feet and one-half, and the hills three feet apart; hoed and cul- 

 tivated twice ; the top stalks were cut off about the first of Sep- 

 tember, and it was harvested about the last of this month. 

 Produce, ninety-six bushels of ears of corn. 



David Starrett had his soil analyzed by I)r. Jackson, but 

 does not state its chemical composition. It is a sandy loam, 

 light and friable, and about one foot deep, reddish color, with a 

 clay subsoil. The rocks are limestone, and but few stones. 

 Last year a crop of wheat was taken from the piece, and this 

 year planted to corn, on which he asked a premium. The land 

 was plowed about eight inches, manured with barn yard manure 

 and plaster, at the rate of about eight cords to one-half acre ; 

 planted from the fifteenth to the twentieth of May. The seed 

 was soaked in saltpetre, and planted in hills three and one-half 

 feet each way ; cultivated and hoed twice ; it was very weedy ; 

 harvested the last of September. Cut the stalks when full in 

 the milk. Produce, one hundred and eighty bushels of ears of 

 corn to the acre, weighing 1,080 pounds; stalks about 1,500 

 pounds; cost about $20 and is worth $81, beside the stalks, 

 which are worth fifteen dollars. "I consider corn a sure and 

 profitable crop." 



