56 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



The special fertilizer used was the superphosphate manu- 

 factured by the Quinnipiac Fertilizer Company of New 

 London, Conn. I used three hundredweight of said phos- 

 phate on this piece. 



The crop was cultivated twice, and hoed three times. 

 First time of hoeing was jNIay 28, 1880; second time, cidti- 

 vating and hoeing, was June 10 and 11, 1880 ; third, cutting 

 weeds late, was July 19, 1880. My cultivation was ''• hill." 



The corn was cut up at the roots Sept. 3, and stooked 

 with twelve hills of corn in each stook. I commenced husk- 

 ing the corn Sept. 13, and finished Sept. 28, first drawing 

 the corn into the barn. 



The corn was put into an open bin or crib immediately 

 after husking, and all shelled and weighed in December, 

 excepting ten bushels, which was shelled and weighed the 

 ver}' last days of November. I finished shelling and weigh- 

 ing the corn Dec. 27, 1880 ; and the amount of shelled corn 

 on the piece was 4,489 pounds, or eighty bushels and nine 

 pounds. Also I had five bushels of No. 2 corn, or soft corn. 



The merchantable stalks weighed, by estimation, 3 tons 

 and 1,280 pounds. The estimation is based upon the follow- 

 ing facts: viz., one stook weighed 20 pounds, after curing 

 three weeks without any rainfall upon it. There were 14 

 rows of stooks with 2G stocks in each row, making 364 stocks 

 on the piece. Weight of 364 stooks at 20 pounds each, equal 

 7,280 pounds, or 3 tons and 1,280 pounds. 



I have been offered eighty cents per bushel for my No. 1 

 corn, therefore consider that price the market-value. This 

 offer was made Dec. 21. I give myself credit for the follow- 

 ing amounts : — 



Cr. 



80 bushels and 9 pounds corn at eighty cents 



5 bushels No. 2 corn at forty cents .... 



7,280 pounds stalks at eight dollars per ton . 



Dr. 



30 loads of manure at one dollar ..... 

 3 hundredweight phosphate at two dollars and ten cents, 

 Drawing out manure, and spreading same . 

 Ploughing land (one man and team one-half day) 

 Harrowing (one num and eleven horses one-half day) . 

 rianting coin (one man two days at one dollar) . 



