CUMBERLAND COUNTY SOCIETY. 



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Colman Harding^s Statement. 



Mj crop, consisting of 63| bushels of 60 pounds to the bushel, 

 was grown on 129 rods of land, being at the rate of 79 3-43 bushels 

 to the acre. The soil on wftich it grew, was high land, loamy, dry, 

 dark soil, fine and easily worked ; ledge at a short distance from 

 surface ; land broken up in 1858, and lightly manured and planted 

 with corn — crop light. Last spring, spread a light dressing of new 

 barnyard manure and plowed it in — well harrowed. Planted about 

 2J by 3 feet apart. Planted about '20th of May with eight-rowed 

 corn, without soaking and used no top dressing. Hoed once. Har- 

 vested about 10th October. 



Dr. 



Crop of Corn. 



Plowing once — % day, . 



3 5 cords barnyard naanurej 



35 cords other manure, 



Carting and applying same. 



Harrowing, 



Furrowing and planting. 



Cultivating, 



Hoeing once — 2 days, 



Cutting and harvesting, 



Husking, threshing and cleaning, 



6 quarts seed, 



Manure left in soil from former crop. 



Interest on land, . 



63| bushels, at $1.10, . 

 2 tons fodder, 

 Manure left in soil for future crops, 

 estimated at . . . 



Cr. 



^70 13 

 10 00 



Deduct cost. 



20 00 



100 13 



54 75 



Profit, . . . $45 38 



Raised on same land among the corn. 



2 cartloads of pumpkins, , 10 00 



500 pounds of squash, . . 5 00 



I bushels of beans, . . 1 50 



$16 50 



Making the profit on the 129 rods, of produce, $61.8 



Ithiel Blake's Statement. 



My crop, consisting of 63 bushels of sound corn of 56 pounds to 

 the bushel, was grow on 139 square rods, being at the rate of 72| 

 bushels to the acre. The soil upon. which it grew was dark clayey 

 loam, free from stone — about twelve inches deep to the subsoil — ■ 

 which is clay of a light color, dry and hard. The soil is fine and 

 mellow. Land broken up in May, 1858, and a crop of about one 

 hundred and seventy-five bushels of potatoes raised from it, without 

 any manure or dressing, excepting about three bushels plaster ap- 

 plied in the hill. About the first of last May I hauled on about 

 four cords of stable manure, spread it on, and plowed about eleven 

 inches deep. Planted corn (common eight to twelve rowed variety) 

 putting about one cord of old stable manure, finely rotted, in the 

 hill. I also put 100 pounds of superphosphate of lime in the hills, 

 mixing it well with the manure, and covering it with earth about 

 one inch before dropping the seed. The hills were about even with 

 the surface of the ground when planted — used about four quarts of 

 seed, four kernels in a hill, without any previous preparation ; hoed 

 twice without any hilling up. Cut stalks Sept. 10. Harvested 

 corn about Oct. 10. 



