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two feet deep, witli a hard, gravelly subsoil. The stones are 

 granite, and but few. The ground was a sward broken in the 

 fall. The corn was manured with eigliteen loads of manure in 

 the hill, and one spoonful of plaster ; and the potatoes with fif- 

 teen loads plowed in, and a spoonful of plaster in the hill. The 

 corn was the large eight rowed variety, the barley two rowed, 

 and the potatoes "Pink Eyes." Corn and potatoes planted 

 May 19th, and barley sowed May 16th. Corn three and one- 

 half feet each way, and the potatoes three feet between rows 

 and two feet between hills. Barley sowed broadcast. Quan- 

 tity of seed, one peck of corn, three bushels of barley, and fif- 

 teen bushels of potatoes to the acre. The corn was hoed twice 

 and the potatoes once. Corn was top-dressed with ashes. The 

 top stalks were taken ofi", which he thinks best. The barley 

 was harvested in August, and produced twenty-three bushels ; 

 the corn the last of September, and produced one hundred and 

 sixty-five bushels of ears of corn; and the potatoes, one hun- 

 dred and twenty-seven bushels. 



Corn. — Plowing, . . . . . $o 00 



2 00 

 18 00 



Harrowing, 



Manure, 



Planting, 



Hoeinsf, 



Harvesting, 



3 

 8 

 5 



00 

 00 

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$23 00 



