BROOMCORN. 87 



BROOMCORN. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of Albert Montague. 



My broomcorn was raised on one acre of Sunderland meadow. 

 It was planted to corn in 1853, and last year I took off a light 

 crop of rye. In May, 1855, I applied eight loads of manure, 

 spread evenly and ploughed in. I planted with Woodward's 

 planter, the hills two and a half feet apart, and the rows about 

 three feet apart. I dropped in the hills about fifty pounds of 

 super-phosphate of lime, mixed with fifty pounds of plaster, 

 hoed four times, and left the ground nearly level. I used a 

 cultivator between the rows three times, and the last time noth- 

 ing but the hoe, merely cutting the weeds, that they might not 

 seed. I harvested on the 11th, 12tli and loth of October. 



Value of crop : — 



Statement of N. A. Smith. 



My piece of broomcorn is part of a field of sandy loam, on 

 which I raised broomcorn last year. I ploughed early in May, 

 and put on about twelve loads of manure, well pulverized, and 

 ploughed it in. I planted, the 8th of May, with "Woodward's 

 planter, and dropped in the hill one hundred pounds of DeBurg's 

 super-phosphate of lime. I hoed three times, and afterwards cut 

 the weeds. The crop was harvested about the 10th of October. 



