STATEMENTS ON CORN. 49 



STATEMENTS ON CORN. 

 CORN GROWN BY E. C. PARKER, SOUTH AMHERST. 



[From Report of Ilampshire Society.] 



The soil on which I raised my acre of corn was a sandy 

 loam, which grew a crop of corn in 1878 and a crop of rye 

 in 1879, without manure. The land was ploughed in the 

 spring to a depth of eight inches, and harrowed twice. The 

 manure was stable manure (twenty-two loads of thirty bush- 

 els each) spread on and ploughed under, and a handful of 

 ashes and hen-manure, to the hiU. The corn Avas planted in 

 hills three by three feet, by hand, on the 21st and 22d of jNIa}*, 

 and was the "Parker twelve-rowed variety." Cultivated and 

 hoed twice. Commenced cutting Sept. 7 ; cut close to the 

 ground, and set it up thirty hills to the stook, tying the top. 

 Husked in the field, or made into bundles and carted to the 

 barn to husk. The 3-ield was determined by measuring four 

 average rods in different parts of the field, and computing 

 the result from the average weight of corn on each. The 

 amount of fodder was estimated by weighing that grown on 

 the before-mentioned four rods. I also took one hill of four 

 ears, and shelled and weighed the corn, which was a pound 

 and a half: the result computed from this woukl give a j-ield 

 of 1291 bushels; the result from measurement of the four 

 rods gave 113|| bushels, which result I have adopted. Con- 

 sidering one-half of the manure still in the land, the account 

 will stand about as follows : — 



Dr. 



Ploughing', harrowing, and furrowing . 



Manure, half of twenty-two loads of thirty bushels 



Seed and planting ...... 



Hoeing and cultivating ..... 



Hai'vestiug and husking ..... 



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