INDIAN CORN. 



75 



Contra : — 



For interest and taxes, . 

 " Ploughing twice, 



Cultivating and furrowing 



Compost manure, 



Hen manure, 



Carting and spreading, 



Planting and seed, . 



First hoeing, 



Second hoeing, 



Cutting and stooking. 



Storing and husking, 



Balance, being net profit per ac 



Cost of production of corn per acre, 

 " " per bushel of 72 lbs. 



Profit per bushel, 



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HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN AND HAMPDEN. 



Statement of J. E. Porter, Hadley. 



I offer for a premium the following crop, not supposing it to be 

 a larger yield per acre than has been obtained by others. But, 

 taking into account the situation and condition of the land, and 

 the method of cultivation, the result has been entirely satisfac- 

 tory to myself, and I am willing to compare notes with my 

 brother faipiiers, and leave it to those who are competent to 

 decide upon its merits. 



The quantity of land upon which the crop was raised is two 

 acres. The soil is a sandy loam. The land lies upon the plain, 

 one mile east from my barn. In the summer of 1854, after 

 taking from the land a crop of rye, say twelve bushels per acre, 

 which crop followed a crop of broomcorn in 1853, of some 400 

 lbs. per acre, (I mention this to show the condition of the land,) 

 I hauled from a muck hole near by, some sixty loads of mate- 

 rial, which I deposited in four piles, placing a load of horse 

 manure at the bottom and another in the middle of each pile. 



