INDIAN CORN. 255 



Expenses : — 

 Drawing 8 cords manure and spreading, 

 Ploughing and harrowing, . 

 Planting and furrowing. 

 Cultivating and hoeing. 

 Seed corn, ...... 



$U 50 



I have not charged the manure in the expense of raising the 

 corn. Quantity raised on the acre, as reported by the super- 

 visor, 113f|- bushels. 



Statement of Spencer Leonard, Jr. 



Having entered as a competitor for the premium offered for 

 the greatest crop of Indian corn on an acre, I will give an account 

 thereof. The ground had been mowed for several years, and 

 came into my possession in 1855, producing that year, about 

 1,500 lbs. of hay. About the middle of May, I took nine cords 

 of good manure from under my stable, spread it on the sward, 

 and ploughed under, to the depth of seven or eight inches ; it 

 was then well harrowed, and marked for planting, three feet 

 four inches one way, and half that distance the other, marking 

 three rows at a time. The corn was planted the 20th day of 

 May, without any manure in the hill, witJi the exception of 

 twelve rows, in which a handful of poudrette was put in each 

 hill. 



From some unknown cause, the corn did not come up well ; 

 the portion where the poudrette was applied took a vigorous start, 

 and six weeks from the time of planting, it was probably more 

 than twice as heavy as the other ; and to persons who wish to 

 put something in the hill, to give the corn a start, I would 

 recommend poudrette as the best thing for that purpose that I 

 am acquainted with. At the time of harvesting, it would have 

 been difficult for good judges to tell which part was the heaviest. 



The ground was cultivated four times, hoed twice, and kept 

 clear of weeds ; what few weeds escaped the hoe and cultivator 

 were pulled up in August. The stalks were cut about the time 

 they began to turn. 



