INDIAN CORN. 



261 



Statement of A. L, Smith. 



The acre of ground producing the corn offered for premium, 

 "was in grass the last fourteen years. The soil is a gravelly 

 loam, and was ploughed last November, with a Michigan double 

 plough, ten inches deep. The second week of May I spread and 

 ploughed in, four inches deep, four cords of compost manure, 

 made of ditch mud, bottoms of coal pits, loam, and the drop- 

 pings of cattle. The field was furrowed one way, three feet 

 apart, and manured in the hill with three cords of compost 

 manure, then planted the 21st and 22d of May, in hills two and 

 a half feet apart, with a kind of corn obtained from Rhode Island, 

 called the " Andrews corn." This variety has been improving 

 fot the last six years ; the original was a large cap yellow, 

 the small Canada yellow, and a red cap corn ; the object in 

 planting the large yellow was to increase the size of the ears, 

 the Canada to make it ripen earlier, and the red to increase the 

 number of ears on a stalk, all of which has been satisfactorily 

 accomplished. The corn was ploughed and hoed twice. The 

 stalks were cut the 12th of September. 



The 24th of October, a rod, considered a fair average of the 

 piece, was harvested, and the result as follows : — 



The corn on the cob weighed 

 Shelled corn, 30^ pounds, 

 Cobs, 



35f pounds. 



5^ 



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35f 



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Husks and buts 25 lbs., allowing 2 lbs. on each rod for dry- 

 ing. Stalks, 9 lbs. per rod. Making 8,642 lbs. of corn per 

 acre ; buts and husks, 4,000 lbs. per acre ; stalks, 1,440 lbs. per 

 acre. 



The expense of the crop was as follows : — 

 Ploughing, ...... 



Spreading manure, ..... 



Ploughing in manure, .... 



Furrowing, manuring in the hill, and planting, 

 Ploughing among corn and hoeing, . 

 Cutting stalks and harvesting, . 

 One-half manure, at |4 per cord, 



