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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTUEE. 



The corn planted was the " smutty white," or "Hill corn," 

 and was selected at the harvesting of my last year's crop. 



Expenses : — 

 Nine cords manure, . 

 Carting and spreading. 

 Ploughing, 



Harrowing and marking. 

 Planting, . 

 Hoeing, cultivating, and pulling weeds, 

 Cutting stalks, . 

 Harvesting, 

 Poudrette, 

 Seed corn. 

 Interest on land, 



Income : — 

 100 bushels corn, as measured by the committee, Oct 



15th, at 92 cts,, 

 2|- tons of corn fodder, at $8 per ton. 

 One-half the manure, unexhausted, . 



Total income, . 

 Total expense. 



Profit, 



NORFOLK. 



$71 50 



$92 00 

 20 00 

 18 00 



$130 00 

 71 50 



$58 50 



From the Report of the Co7nmiltee. 



The committee on grain crops report that there have been 

 five applications made for premium on corn, four on rye, and 

 one on barley. Three of corn and one of rye were subsequently 

 withdrawn. The crop of barley and one crop of rye entered, 

 having been raised on less than one acre, each, their claims for 

 premiums could not be considered. Many pieces of corn failed 

 to come up well, and considerable damage was done to the crop 

 by the winds in August. But notwithstanding these drawbacks, 

 we believe the corn crop to have been above the average of pre- 

 ceding years. The large quantity of snow, and its long contin- 



