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leave the estimates to the juclgment of the committee. The 

 present condition of the fields and the prospects for next year's 

 crops speak for themselves. The best I can do towards fixing 

 the amonnt of hay raised, is to give the number of animals 

 fed from the twenty-five acres : — Two horses, eight to ten 

 cows, two to four yearlings, and two to four calves are fed 

 very liberally from the hay-products each year, which is equal 

 to a little more than one full-grown animal to every two acres 

 of the whole farm, excepting that the cows are pastured in 

 part, about one month, between green rye and the time of 

 cutting corn-fodder. The calves and yearlings are also pas- 

 tured outside of these acres, to a small extent. 



I am sorry that it has not been convenient for all the mem- 

 bers of the committee to visit the premises and judge for 

 themselves of the comparative condition of the land which I 

 have entered as a hay or grass farm. 



A. W. Cheever. 



Sheldoxville, Oct. 30, 1872. 



IIS^DIAIS^ CORN. 



I^nDDLESEX SOUTH. 



Statement of Patrick McMahan. 



The corn-field that I have entered for premium is plain land, 

 and is a deep, dark soil, varying from five to ten inches, with 

 strong yellow clay subsoil. The land was mowed five years. 

 I will dwell here a few moments : All the statements that I 

 have seen heretofore charge the corn crop with half the manure. 

 This is an injustice to our most illustrious president crop. 

 Where this idea was founded, I do not know, as all societies 

 have failed in giving any explanation on this point. The 

 "Ploughman" has also failed. I hope and expect they will 

 give us an explanation in their next issue. I have tried to 

 solve this point for myself, and I have come to a conclusion 

 which I will try and explain to you. 



Please come with me to the year 1865. The land my corn 

 is on this year was planted with corn in 1865 on the sward 



