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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



CORN GROWN BY H. C. COMIXS, HADLEY. 



The field of corn which I entered measured seven acres, 

 the soil being gravelly loam. It was sod-land, part of which 

 produced a light crop of hay last year, which was not worth 

 cutting. All the labor was done with a team, except apply- 

 ing fertilizers and planting : indeed, not a hoe touched the 

 piece after planting. The items of cutting, stacking, and 

 husking, which appear in the account, may seem too low ; but 

 the work was jobbed at those figures. The corn was measured 

 in two baskets, and quite a number weighed, taking the 

 average, and allowing seventy-five pounds for a bushel of 

 corn. The grain was very dry, with no soft corn, and the 

 fertilizer was Stockbridge corn-fertilizer. The field was 

 rented, as appears below. My object in entering this field 

 was not to see how large a yield I could get, but how cheap 

 I could raise corn. The account stands as follows : — 



Dr. 



Hadley, Nov. 10, 1880. 



